Hospital: Koshi Zonal Hospital, Biratnagar, Nepal

Victims: Head doctor of maternity ward

Type of violence: Physical

Event: Kin of 27-year-old pregnant woman who had died in the course of treatment at the hospital, had thrashed the parturition ward chief blaming negligence for the death. The deceased's kin had demanded for Rs. 2 million compensation and action against the doctor. The hospital had claimed death to be due to myocardial infarction.

News Links:

1. Doctors resign en masse from Koshi hospital - Nepali Headlines
2. Doctors at Koshi hospital withdraw their resignation - Nepali Headlines

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

Hospital: Covid Treatment Center, Koshi Hospital, Biratnagar, Nepal

Victims: On-duty doctor

Type of violence: Physical

Event: After the death of a 45-year-old man in Covid isolation, the relatives of the deceased had attacked the doctor chanting slogans at the hospital claiming that the patient died due to negligence. Despite of the fact that the general public wasn't allowed in the isolation ward, they had forcibly broken in and attacked the doctor.

News Links:

1. Nepalmonitor

Hospital: Koshi Zonal Hospital, Biratnagar, Nepal

Victims: 1 on-duty doctor in Emergency room

Type of violence: Physical

Event: A gang of 4 people who had arrived at ER in a drunk state had beaten an on-duty doctor along with abusive language.

News Links:

1. Four Arrested on charge of intimidating doctor – Inseconline
2. डाक्टरमाथि हातपात गरेको आरोपमा चार जना गिरफ्तार – इन्सेक (inseconline.org)

Perpetrator(s):

1. Binod Ray
2. Umesh Ray
3. Jagwat Sahani
4. Pramod Ray

Hospital: Koshi Hospital, Biratnagar, Nepal

Victims: None

Type of violence: Non-violent (Demonstration)

Event: A 21-year-old pregnant lady had undergone cesarean section in the hospital, which was complicated by excessive bleeding postoperatively and hence, the patient was referred to BPKIHS, Dharan. After the patient died on the 2nd postoperative day in the BPKIHS, irate relatives had staged a demonstration blaming the hospital's negligence as the cause of death. Medical superintendent of the hospital had stated the possible cause of death as infection resulting from poor hygiene in the postoperative ward.

News Links:

1. सुत्केरीको मृत्युपछि कोसी अस्पतालमा तनाव | अन्नपूर्ण पोस्ट् (annapurnapost.com)

4 January, 2013 (Damak Hospital, Jhapa)

• After the death of a pregnant lady, relatives attacked the doctor and vandalized the hospital.

2 April, 2013 (Koshi Hospital, Biratnagar)

• After the death of a patient, relatives attacked the doctor and vandalized the hospital.

23 June, 2013 (Marie Stopes Sunsari)

• After the death of a patient, relatives attacked and injured a doctor and also filed a case against the doctor.

24 March, 2012 (Bir Hospital, Kathmandu)

• The minister of health and population who reached the hospital in a drunk state had misbehaved and abused the doctors and health workers in the hospital.

2 April, 2012 (Koshi Hospital, Biratnagar)

• After death of the patient, relatives attacked the doctors and the staff.

6 July and 10 July, 2012 (BP Koirala Memorial Cancer Hospital, Bharatpur)

• Doctors were attacked.

11 July, 2012 (BPKIHS, Dharan)

• A pediatrician in the hospital was attacked and abused.

31 July, 2012 (Terhathum Hospital)

• A doctor working in Tehrathum district hospital was attacked and injured by the patient's relatives. Relatives of the patient attacked doctor for not paying attention to the patient's treatment.

7 September, 2012 (Rapti Academy of Health Sciences, Dang)

• A drunk local had attacked a doctor and injured him.

Hospital: Koshi Zonal Hospital, Biratnagar, Nepal

Victims: 5 doctors

Type of violence: Physical

Event: The gang beat up the doctors for allegedly neglecting a priest who was admitted with a kidney ailment. As the patient was in a critical condition, the doctors had reportedly referred the patient to Dharan-based BP Koirala Institute of Health Sciences for treatment.

News links:

1. Five doctors thrashed - The Himalayan Times

Perpetrator(s):

1. Rajendra Rauniyar
2. Satya Paudhar

24 April, 2007 (College of Medical Sciences, Bharatpur)

• At night, 2 doctors and other healthcare workers were attacked.

16 June, 2007 (Koshi Hospital, Biratnagar)

• At night 8:30 PM, bomb was blasted targeting the residence of the head of department of the Pediatrics department of the hospital.

4 August, 2007 (Nepalgunj Medical College)

• The relatives of the patient, who was being treated at the Nepalganj Medical College Teaching Hospital, hurled stones at the doctor's residence and beat him up.

18 August, 2007 (Lifeline Hospital, Damak)

• Locals attacked Lifeline Hospital, Damak and seriously injured the doctors and health workers and vandalized the hospital, ambulance and other vehicles and tried to set fire to it.

11 September, 2007 (Kanti Children Hospital)

• Relatives of the patient beat the doctors at Kanti Children's Hospital regarding the death of the patient.