Incident Reports

Family members staged demonstration at Grande hospital after death of infant

2019-08-06

Bagmati, Kathmandu, Tokha

Family members and relatives of an infant who died during the course of treatment at Grande International hospital demonstrated at the hospital premise blaming negligence on the part of doctors and nurses for the reason behind the infant's death. The infant, one of the twins given birth by Nisha Tamang of Golfutar had died at the hospital on July 22.

Although the hospital staffs claimed that the infant had died due to contracting infection, the infant's family members blamed the hospital's negligence for the child's death.

Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Nonviolent
Primary Form Demonstration
Primary Cause Extra-judicial response related to perceived healthcare malpractice/after death of patient
Actor 1 - Number of people 10
Actor 1 - Affiliations Citizen/Individuals
Actor 1 - Youth unknown
Actor 2 - Number of people N
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) Health sector/health workers, doctors
Actor 2 - Youth na
National/Online Media , Local Newspaper - Dhanusha

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