Incident Reports

Victim's relative protest, following death of a patient in hospital in Rajbiraj

2015-05-20

Madhes, Saptari, Rajbiraj

Relatives of a patient who died on Thursday morning in Gajendra Narayan Singh Sagarmatha hospital have protested and obstructed the road in front of the Hospital's southern gate in Hanumannagar saying that the patient died due to the doctor's negligence. The patient identified as 72-year-old Shiva Narayan was suffering from Diabetes, Typhoid, Diarrhoea and high blood pressure when he was admitted to the hospital on Wednesday. The local administration has deployed police around the protest area to prevent any untoward incident.
Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Nonviolent
Primary Form Road block
Primary Cause Extra-judicial response related to perceived healthcare malpractice/after death of patient
Actor 1 - Number of people n/a
Actor 1 - Affiliations Family/relative
Actor 1 - Youth na
Actor 2 - Number of people n/a
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) Health sector/health workers, doctors
Actor 2 - Youth na
National/Online Media

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