Hospital: Nagarik Community Teaching Hospital, Bhaktapur, Nepal

Victims: None

Type of violence: Physical

Event: After the death of a 38-year-old lady, relatives had accused that the patient was given medicine for gastritis instead of myocardial infarction. However, the hospital had claimed that the patient had died due to the cardiac arrest when the patient suffered from MI in the course of the treatment. The relatives of the deceased had resorted to vandalizing the hospital claiming that the injection given was the cause of death.

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1. Nagarik hospital tense following patient’s death - The Himalayan Times

Hospital: Nagarik Community Hospital, Bhaktapur, Nepal

Victims: None

Type of violence: Non-violent (Demonstration)

Event: After the death of a 21-year-old lady with ectopic pregnancy, the relatives staged a demonstration alleging the doctors for overdose of medication and delay in treatment as the cause of death. The tense situation had normalized after the relatives received 2 million rupees compensation from the hospital. 

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1. Nepalmonitor