Patan Hospital (Ambulance arrangement) Incident

 

Hospital: Patan Academy of Health Sciences, Lalitpur, Nepal

Victims: 2 on-duty doctors

Type of violence: Physical

Event: The perpetrator entered an argument with the doctors saying that it was the duty of hospital and not patient's relatives to arrange for ambulance. He was on his police uniform and changed his clothes before beating the doctors.

Perpetrator(s):

1. Bijaya Silwal (Assistant sub-inspector of Nepal Police at the time of incident)
2. Sambhu Kumar Silwal
3. Ram Kumar Khadka

News links:

1. Policeman beats Patan Hospital doctors (archive.org)
2. Sub-inspector among 3 held for manhandling docs (kathmandupost.com)
3. Police nabbed for ‘beating up’ doctors (kathmandupost.com)