Incident Reports

Terai Express: Hospital employee beaten for lack of vaccine

2018-07-11

Madhes, Rautahat, Gaur, Ward 1

An employee at Rautahat District Hospital was manhandled and beaten by a municipal office employee on Jul 11 on the pretext of inability to vaccinate a child. According to reports, Computer Assistant at Gaur Municipal Office, Ajay Sah, beat up Arvind Jha of Vaccine Division at Gaur District Hospital when he was said that a vaccine named IPV was not available at the hospital. Later, some doctors at the hospital protested such act by Sah and filed a written complaint at the District Administration Office. Jha stated that he would not let the Vaccine division open unless action was taken against his perpetrator. The division that was closed since Jul 13 was reopened on Jul 18 by the police under the supervision of Mayor Ajay Kumar Gupta and Medical Superintendent Krishna Sah. जिल्ला अस्पताल गौरमा उपलब्ध भएका भ्याक्सिन लगाउन असमर्थ भएका कर्मचारीलाई दुर्व्यवहार गरी कुटपिट गरिएको छ ।खोप फटका कर्मचारी अर्बीन्द झासंग बच्चालाई आइपिभी नामक खोप नै नभएको भ्याक्सिन लगाउन जबर्जस्ति गरेपछि उपलब्ध नभएका भ्याक्सिन कसरी लगाउने भनेपछि गौर नगरपालिकामा कार्यरत कम्प्युटर सहायक अजय साहले गाली गलौज गर्दै हातपात गरेका हुन् ।अस्पतालमा ड्युटीका बेला कर्मचारी झा कुतिएपछी अन्य कार्यरत चिकित्सकहरुले विरोध जनाउँदै हातपात गर्ने साह विरुध जिल्ला प्रशासन कार्यालयमा लिखित उजुरी गरेका छन् ।हातपातपछी खोप सहायक झाले आफुमाथि दुर्व्यवहार गर्ने नगरपालिकाका कर्मचारीलाई कारवाही नभएसम्म खोप फाँट नखोल्ने अडान राखे ।शुक्रबारदेखि बन्द रहेको खोप फाँटलाई बुधबार गौर नगरपालिकाका मेयर अजय कुमार गुप्ताले नगरप्रहरी लगेर मेसु साहको रहोवरमा मुचुल्का उठाएर ताला फुटाएको जानकारी दिए ।
Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Violent
Onesided / Twosided Onesided
Collective / Interpersonal Interpersonal
Primary Form Assault (small group)
Secondary Form Gherau/Dharna (sit-in)/padlocking
Weapons None
Primary Cause Issues related to the quality of public services (health, education etc.)and access to these services
Actor 1 - Number of people 1
Actor 1 - Affiliations Citizen/Individuals
Actor 1 - Youth unknown
Actor 2 - Number of people 1
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) Health sector/health workers, doctors
Actor 2 - Youth unknown
Local Newspaper - Rautahat

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