Solukhumbu District Hospital (Diarrhea) Incident

Hospital: Solukhumbu District Hospital, Phaplu, Nepal

Victims: None

Type of violence: Physical

Event: After death of a 3-year-old boy due to diarrhea with dehydration, agitated relatives and family vandalized the ward of hospital including windowpanes, solar panel, oxygen concentrator and computer monitor. According to the family members, hospital had refused to admit the patient and discharged prescribing medicines due to ongoing COVID crisis.

News Links:

1. यसरी भयो जिल्ला अस्पताल तोडफोड (फोटोफिचर) - Himal News Express (himalsamachar.com)
2. बालकको मृत्युपछि अस्पतालमा तोडफोड | Khabarhub Khabarhub

Perpetrator(s):

1. Dawa Nuru Sherpa