Incident Reports

Health workers in AMDA hospital agitated against assault on Nurse

2019-04-10

Lumbini, Rupandehi, Butwal

Health workers in Butwal based AMDA hospital have been agitated citing the alleged manhandling on staffs of the hospital by parents of a child who died at the hospital on Monday. 10-month-old son of Narayan Darlami of Butwal sub-metropolitan city-11, Om Darlami had died while undergoing treatment at the hospital on Monday. Blaming the negligence of the hospital, the parents allegedly manhandled nurse on duty Gyanu KC and others. 

Citing safety issue the staffs of the hospital resorted to strike from 1:00 pm on Tuesday shutting down all health service except Emergency.

Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Nonviolent
Primary Form Strike/Bandh
Primary Cause Issues related to legal action and access to justice
Actor 1 - Number of people 10
Actor 1 - Affiliations Health sector/health workers, doctors
Actor 1 - Youth unknown
Actor 2 - Number of people N
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) Local authorities (incl VDC, district, gov. line agencies at local level except education and health)
Actor 2 - Youth na
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