Medical Vandalism Nepal

Hospital: Jajarkot Hospital, Jajarkot, Nepal

Victims: None

Type of violence: Physical

Event: Friends and relatives of the youths who were allegedly lynched in Soti, Rukum (West) torched and vandalised Jajarkot District Hospital, claiming that the postmortem reports were falsified. The agitated crowd stormed the hospital compound at around 4:30pm, vandalised the gate and set the hospital’s morgue on fire.

News Links:

1. Relatives of youths killed in Soti question 'ambiguous' post-mortem reports (kathmandupost.com)