Incident Reports

Relatives vandalise Dharan hospital after death of patient

2017-02-21

Province 1, Sunsari, Dharan

Tension ran high in Bijaypur Hospital in Dharan after a death of a person during operation on Tuesday morning. Relatives of Amit Joshi, 30, vandalised the hospital after his death following an appendix operation. Joshi had driven his motorcycle and reached the hospital on Monday evening after abdominal pain and a team of doctors under Dr Roshan Khatiwada performed the appendix surgery on Joshi at around 2 am Tuesday morning. He died shortly afterwards. Joshi's relatives claim that the negligence of doctors during operation was the cause of his death. They have demanded compensation for the family and booking of the guilty doctors. Hospital operator Pankaj Khatiwada refused blaming doctors negligence for Joshi's death. "His situation was very critical. We tried to save him but we could not," he said. He said there were no wrongdoings from the hospital but has agreed to provide compensation to the deceased family.
Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Violent
Onesided / Twosided Onesided
Collective / Interpersonal Collective
Primary Form Vandalism
Weapons Blunt weapon
Primary Cause Extra-judicial response related to perceived healthcare malpractice/after death of patient
Actor 1 - Number of people 30
Actor 1 - Affiliations Citizen/Individuals
Actor 1 - Youth unknown
Actor 2 - Number of people NA
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) Health sector/health workers, doctors
Actor 2 - Youth na
National/Online Media

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