Hospital: Nepalgunj Medical College, Nepalgunj, Nepal

Victims: 1st year MBBS student

Type of violence: Physical

Event: After the death of a 45-year-old man during the course of treatment in the hospital, the relatives vandalized the hospital claiming that the death was due to a wrong medicine. However, the hospital had refuted the claim and stated aspiration of food as the possible cause of death. A 1st year MBBS student in the college had sustained minor injuries when the angry relatives smashed the glasses of the hospital bus and windowpanes.

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