NMCTH (Vacuum delivery) Incident

Hospital: Nepal Medical College, Jorpati, Kathmandu, Nepal

Victims: None

Type of violence: Physical

Event: After death of a 26-year-old lady probably from postpartum hemorrhage following vacuum delivery, irate relatives vandalized the hospital claiming that the doctors had damaged the uterus during vacuum delivery leading to excessive blood loss. They had demanded compensation with hospital for upbringing of the two kids of the deceased.

News Links:

1. Irate kin vandalise hospital - The Himalayan Times