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Hospital: Shree Ratnahari Memorial Hospital, Damauli, Tanahun, Nepal
Victims: None
Type of violence: Non-violent (Protest and Pad-locking)
Event: After death of a 35-year-old engineer on the way to Charak Hospital from Shree Ratnahari Memorial Hospital (where he was admitted for few days), agitated relatives had pad-locked the hospital claiming the delay in referral of the patient.
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Hospital: Hetauda Hospital, Hetauda, Nepal
Victims: None
Type of violence: Non-violent (Picketing)
Event: A 12-year-old boy was brought to Hetauda hospital ER following electrocution during fishing. He was soon declared dead in the hospital and post-mortem was delayed awaiting for the deceased's father to arrive. Some relatives later claimed that the boy's body was hot and was still conscious until the evening when they called doctors to examine him. Irate relatives of the deceased boy blamed the doctors for declaring him dead when he was alive and his death due to the delayed treatment and picketed the hospital.
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Hospital: Bakulahara Ratnanagar Hospital, Chitwan, Nepal
Victims: 1 security guard
Type of violence: Physical
Event: Claiming delay in the treatment for a simple wound on forearm of a patient in ER, a gang of 2-5 people attempted to attack on-duty nurses, injured the security guard and broke the windowpane of the emergency room gate.
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Hospital: Birat Medical College and Teaching Hospital, Morang, Nepal
Victims: 1 on-duty doctor and 1 on-duty health assistant in emergency room
Type of violence: Physical
Event: Sons of a 73 year-old elderly woman who was brought to ER following a road traffic accident had attacked doctors and health workers due to delay in the treatment. The victims had sustained injury on head and various parts of the body.
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Hospital: Terai Hospital and Research Center, Birgunj, Nepal
Victims: None
Type of violence: Physical
Event: Alleging death due to excessive bleeding due to delay in treatment of a 26-year-old man injured in road accident at Terai Hospital, agitated family members vandalized the hospital by breaking windowpanes and glass door and also a doctor's car window.
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Hospital: Kalika Community Hospital, Bhirkot, Syangja, Nepal
Victims: None
Type of violence: Non-violent (Padlocking)
Event: After death of a 5-month-old baby, relatives padlocked the hospital claiming that the reason for death was due to delay in the treatment.
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Hospital: Gajendra Narayan Singh Sagarmatha Hospital, Rajbiraj, Nepal
Victims: None
Type of violence: Physical
Event: The group which came to the hospital with a patient at around 2:00pm vandalized the hospital saying two doctors did not come to the hospital to check the patient. The irate victim's relatives had also chanted slogans against the hospital.
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Hospital: Snakebite Treatment Center Bandipur, Karjanha, Siraha, Nepal
Victims: None
Type of violence: Non-violent (road-block)
Event: After death of a 24-year-old man who was being treated at the center and referred to Janakpur following snakebite, the irate locals and relatives had imposed a road-block along the East-West highway at Bandipur section for 2 hours. The relatives had claimed that the patient died due to delay in referral despite the absence of skilled manpower.
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Hospital: Prithivi Chandra Hospital, Ramgram, Nawalparasi, Nepal
Victims: None
Type of violence: Physical
Event: After the death of a 20-year-old man who was brought to the hospital with loss of consciousness (electrocution or snakebite), the clash occurred between the police and the crowd when the agitated locals attempted to vandalize the hospital and manhandle the health personnels. While the hospital had claimed that the patient was dead on arrival, the relatives had claimed that the death occurred due to the delay in treatment at the hospital.
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Hospital: Lumbini Province Hospital (Lumbini Zonal Hospital), Butwal, Nepal
Victims: On-duty doctor and medical personnel in Emergency Department
Type of violence: Physical
Event: The relative of a patient had slapped the doctor and also used abusive words against the medical personnels in the ER claiming that they hadn't paid attention for the treatment of the patient.
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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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