Incident Reports
Patient denied of treatment by Bhairahawa and Bharatpur hospitals
2020-05-02
The hospitals of Bhairahawa and Bharatpur denied the treatment of a patient from Malarani Rural Municipality-4, Arghakhanchi.
Bhairahawa Medical College and Bharatpur Medical College denied the treatment of Ram Prasad Rijal.
Bhairahawa Medical College on Thursday evening handed over the report of CT scan and referred him to Bharatpur Old Medical College saying that the Isolation ward and ICU are not vacant.
Bharatpur Medical College looked into his report on Friday and when they found out he stayed in quarantine after coming from India, they kicked him out of the hospital without providing treatment.
Details and Impacts
| Violent / Non-violent | Nonviolent |
| Primary Form | Banishment/shunning |
| Primary Cause | Issues related to the quality of public services (health, education etc.)and access to these services |
| Secondary Cause | Prejudice and Discrimination |
| Actor 1 - Number of people | n/a |
| Actor 1 - Affiliations | Health sector/health workers, doctors |
| Actor 1 - Youth | na |
| Actor 2 - Number of people | 1 |
| Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) | Citizen/Individuals |
| Actor 2 - Youth | unknown |
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