Advance Hospital Damak (Covid Infant) Incident

Hospital: Advance Hospital, Damak, Nepal

Victims: None

Type of violence: Physical

Event: After death of an 11-month infant with COVID pneumonia was discharged home under prescription medication (including parenteral) without hospital admission. According to the parents, the condition of the baby started worsening when the local health worker injected the injectable medications prescribed by the doctor. The irate relatives had protested and pelted stones to the hospital which shattered the windowpanes.

News Links:

1. शिशुको मृत्युपछि दमकको एडभान्स अस्पताल तोडफोड (nayapatrikadaily.com)
2. अस्पताल तोडफोड – Nepal Views