CMC (ICU/Pancreatitis) Incident

Hospital: Chitwan Medical College and Teaching Hospital, Bharatpur, Nepal

Victims: On-duty Doctors and Nurses in ICU

Type of violence: Physical

Event: A 36-year-old male was admitted in ICU with pancreatitis and hypertension. Relatives of the patient misunderstood central venous access opening on neck as a neck surgery which allegedly led to death of the patient. The irate kin of the deceased barged into the intensive care unit (ICU) of the hospital and vandalized the window panes, door and other medical equipment indiscriminately, incurring a loss of millions of rupees. The agitating groups also manhandled on-duty doctors and nurses at the ICU.

News Links:

1. Chitwan Medical College vandalized over patient's death; 10 held (nepalkhabar.com)
2. Three held in connection with vandalism at Chitwan Medical College « Khabarhub
3. Three held over Chitwan Medical College vandalism - Nepal Minute :: Nepal Minute - out of the ordinary
4. चितवनका चिकित्सक भन्छन्– गम्भीर बिरामीको उपचार गर्नै नसकिने अवस्था आयो :: राजेश घिमिरे :: Setopati
5. चितवन मेडिकल कलेज तोडफोड गर्ने नौ जना विरुद्ध किटानी जाहेरी, तीन जना पक्राउ (kantipurhealth.com)
6. बिरामीको मृत्युपछि चितवन मेडिकल कलेजमा तोडफोड (nayapatrikadaily.com)

Perpetrator(s):

1. Dhan Bahadur BK
2. Jivan Sunuwar
3. Bikash Bahadur Damai

What happened to the perpetrators?

Hospital had filed a case.