Hospital: District Hospital, Phaplu, Solukhumbu, Nepal

Victim: On duty doctor and health care workers in Emergency Department

Violence type: Verbal abuse, threatening

Event: A patient under the influence of alcohol/drugs came to ER following RTA and abused health personnels.

News Links:

1. सोलुखुम्बु अस्पतालका डाक्टरमाथि आकस्मिक कक्षमै गालीगलौज र दुर्व्यवहार - स्वास्थ्यखबर :: Swasthya Khabarpatrika

Hospital: Solukhumbu District Hospital, Phaplu, Nepal

Victims: None

Type of violence: Physical

Event: After death of a 3-year-old boy due to diarrhea with dehydration, agitated relatives and family vandalized the ward of hospital including windowpanes, solar panel, oxygen concentrator and computer monitor. According to the family members, hospital had refused to admit the patient and discharged prescribing medicines due to ongoing COVID crisis.

News Links:

1. यसरी भयो जिल्ला अस्पताल तोडफोड (फोटोफिचर) - Himal News Express (himalsamachar.com)
2. बालकको मृत्युपछि अस्पतालमा तोडफोड | Khabarhub Khabarhub

Perpetrator(s):

1. Dawa Nuru Sherpa