Incident Reports

Agitating docs shut health facilities

2017-08-30

Madhes, Parsa, Birgunj

Seeking security, all the agitating health workers serving at different health facilities, halted their services in Birgunj, Parsa, today. All the services were affected due to the agitation at Narayani Sub-regional Hospital as well today. Yesterday, Doctor’s Association Parsa had issued a statement announcing closure all services in all health facilities of Birgunj Metropolitan City against the manhandling of a doctor. Dr Sanjay Kumar Agrawal of Advanced Hospital, Birgunj was assaulted by the kin of a patient on August 26. “Though we demanded that the administration arrest the guilty and take action, the authority showed no interest. It remained mum. Hence, we decided to halt services at the metropolis for a day,” said Dr Manoj Gupta. Meanwhile, Acting Chief District Officer of Parsa Durga Datta Poudel said that the agitating health workers would be responsible if any person died for want of treatment during the closure. “In case any untoward incident takes place and anybody dies due to lack of treatment and agitation, the administration will take action against them as per the law of the land,” warned Poudel. According to acting CDO Poudel, the doctors held a person on the charge of manhandling Dr Agrawal, but didn’t attend the police office since. “Though we urged them to report to our office during investigation, none of them reported to us. Hence, we released the alleged after 12 hours due to lack of cooperation on the part of doctors. Hence, their agitation has no meaning,” said Poudel. बिरामीका आफन्तले कुटपिट गरेको विरोधमा वीरगञ्जका सरकारी तथा निजी अस्पताल, क्लिनीक र नर्सिङ होमको सेवा बन्द गरेर चिकित्सकहरु आन्दोलनमा उत्रिएका छन् । चिकित्सकहरु बुधबारबाट सेवा बन्द गरेर आन्दोलनमा उत्रिदा उपचारका लागि आएका बिरामीहरु अलपत्र परेका छन् । गत शनिवार वीरगन्जको एडभान्स हस्पिटलमा डा.सन्जयकुमार अग्रवाललाई बिरामीका आफन्तले कुटपिट गरेको विरोधमा नेपाल चिकित्सक संघले बुधबार र बिहीबार बिहानसम्मका लागि सम्पूर्ण स्वास्थ्य संस्था बन्द गराएको हो । नारायणी उपक्षेत्रीय अस्पतालमा आकस्मिक तथा आइसीयू बाहेकका अन्य सबै उपचार सेवा तथा निजी क्लिनिक र नर्सिङ होमहरुमा आकस्मिकसहितका सबै सेवा बन्द गरिएको छ । संघले नारायणी उपक्षेत्रीय अस्पताल, नेशनल मेडिकल कलेज, वीरगन्ज हेल्थ केयर, गण्डक हस्पिटल, भवानी हस्पिटल, कृष्णा हस्पिटल, शाह नर्सिङ होमका र यहाँका करिब २ सय ५० जना चिकित्सकहरुको निजी क्लिनीकहरु बुधबारदेखि बन्द गरेको हो । एडभान्समा कार्यरत डा. सन्जयकुमार अग्रवाललाई गत शनिवार बिहान बिरामीका आफन्तहरुले कुटपिट गरेको र उक्त व्यक्तिलाई प्रशासनले कारवाही नगरी छाडेकाले विरोधस्वरुप संघको आह्वानमा वीरगञ्जका सम्पूर्ण चिकित्कसहरु आन्दोलनमा उत्रिएको संघका अध्यक्ष डाक्टर जगदीश अग्रवालले बताए । डाक्टर अग्रवाललाई कुटपिट गर्ने वीरगन्ज लक्ष्मणवाका बैजु झालाई प्रहरीले शनिवारै पक्राउ गरेको भएपनि कारवाहि नगरी सोही दिन साँझ छोडेको अध्यक्ष अग्रवालले बताए । दोषीलाई कारवाहीको माग गर्दै पर्साका निमित्त प्रमुख जिल्ला अधिकारी दुर्गादत्त पौडेललाइ गत आइतवार ज्ञापनपत्र बुझाएकोमा प्रशासनले गम्भिरता नदेखाएको चिकित्सकहरुको गुनासो छ । यता, निमित्त प्रमुख जिल्ला अधिकारी पौडेलले आन्दोलनमा रहेका चिकित्सकलाई वार्ताका लागि बोलाइएको जानकारी दिए ।
Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Nonviolent
Collective / Interpersonal Collective
Primary Form Strike/Bandh
Primary Cause Issues related to legal action and access to justice
Actor 1 - Number of people 50
Actor 1 - Affiliations Health sector/health workers, doctors
Actor 1 - Youth unknown
Actor 2 - Number of people NA
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) Government and civil servants at central level
Actor 2 - Youth na
National/Online Media , Local Newspaper - Parsa

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