Incident Reports

Tension in hospital after pregnant woman dies

2019-12-08

Province 1, Morang, Biratnagar

The relatives of the pregnant woman, who lost her life during treatment, protested in Premises of Biratnagar's Nobel Hospital accusing the hospital of mistreatment. 

According to police, 29-year-old Janu Shrestha of Fikhal, Ilam who was living in her parent house at Letang Municipality-6, Morang died on Saturday while giving birth to a baby.

Family members and relatives had left the dead body at the hospital on Saturday. Police reached the hospital on Sunday after relatives refused to receive the dead body.

According to the hospital's Public Relations Officer Narayan Dahal, the woman died due to a non-blood transfusion.


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 12
Actor 1 - Affiliations Citizen/Individuals
Actor 1 - Youth unknown
Actor 2 - Number of people n/a
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) Health sector/health workers, doctors Health sector/health workers, doctors
Actor 2 - Youth na
National/Online Media , Local Newspaper - Morang

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