Koshi Hospital (Neonate) Incident

Hospital: Koshi Zonal Hospital, Biratnagar, Nepal

Victims: 1 on-duty doctor

Type of violence: Physical

Event: An 18-day-old neonate was taken to the hospital ER after having difficulties in breathing where the on-duty doctor and 2 assistant health workers had pronounced the neonate dead stating that her respiration and circulation had ceased. However, after some time, while the medical workers were examining the infant, she started moving and crying. This led to a physical altercation between the family of the child and the attending medical personnel.

News Links:

1. Medics being probed after alive baby pronounced dead (kathmandupost.com)
2. उपचारमा लापरबाही गरेको आरोपमा चिकित्सकमाथि कुटपिट – इन्सेक (inseconline.org)

Perpetrator(s):

1. Manoj Mukhiya
2. Mannu Mukhiya