Incident Reports

Hospital vandalized after a child dies of hospital's neglect

2019-11-27

Province 1, Jhapa, Birtamod, Ward 5

After the death of a five-month-old baby due to negligence in medical treatment, the family members vandalized Manmohan community hospital in Birtamod Municipality-5 on November 27. The joint discussion of hospital administration, the district administration, and the police decided that a fund of Rs. 500000 will be deposited in the name of the deceased. 



Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Violent
Onesided / Twosided Onesided
Collective / Interpersonal Collective
Primary Form Vandalism
Weapons None
Primary Cause Extra-judicial response related to perceived healthcare malpractice/after death of patient
Actor 1 - Number of people 12
Actor 1 - Affiliations Mob (only Perpetrator)
Actor 1 - Youth unknown
Actor 2 - Number of people n/a
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) Health sector/health workers, doctors
Actor 2 - Youth na
INSEC , Local Newspaper - Jhapa

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