Hospital: Himal Hospital, Kathmandu, Nepal

Victims: None

Type of violence: Non-violent (Picketing and Padlocking)

Event: After death of a 2-year-old child, family blamed a doctor for prescribing medications to the patient without examination ultimately leading to her death. They staged a demonstration in the hospital and demanded for compensation claiming the negligence of doctor.

News Links:

1. Kathmandu's Himal Hospital tense as family blames medical negligence for infant's death - OnlineKhabar English News
2. हिमाल अस्पतालमा पीडित पक्षको धर्ना, आकस्मिकबाहेकका सबै सेवा प्रभावित – Online Khabar

24 January, 2008 (Malangwa Hospital, Sarlahi)

• The health workers on duty at Malangwa Hospital, Sarlahi were beaten and abused.

5 July, 2008 (Everest Nursing Home, Kathmandu)

• The doctor working at the hospital and the hospital was vandalized by relatives regarding the treatment of a patient who was initially treated for abdominal pain at Everest Nursing Home in Kathmandu and later died at Bir Hospital.

July, 2008 (Bir Hospital)

• Bir Hospital was attacked after a child who underwent hip surgery died from kidney failure. Relatives of the boy stormed the hospital, and assaulted doctors and nurses on duty. The reason they gave for their action was “sheer negligence on the part of the doctors” who treated him.

25 August, 2008 (Dhulikhel Hospital)

• After the death of a patient during her treatment at Dhulikhel Hospital, her relatives had attacked and vandalized the health institution.

22 September, 2008 (Himal Nursing Home)

• A doctor from Himal Nursing Home was attacked.

25 October, 2008 (Norvic International Hospital)

• The relatives had attacked the doctor claiming that there was a delay in treatment of a patient leading to his death. The patient was the principal of Modern Indian Boarding school.

16 November, 2008 (Gorkha Hospital)

• A doctor from Gorkha hospital and public health officers were attacked.