Incident Reports

Doctors across country protest against manhandling of doctor at NMC

2020-06-01

Bagmati, Kathmandu, Gokarneshwor

Doctors across the country are agitating demanding action against those who manhandled doctor at Nepal Medical College. They are agitating saying that no action has been taken even after six days of the incident. Expressing support to the movement of doctors of Nepal Medical College, doctors from all over the country staged demonstrations with placards in the hospital premises. The doctors started tying black bands on their arms from Monday.

Doctors at other hospitals have warned to boycott OPD services if the culprits is not taken into legal action. They have also demanded jail without bail.

Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Nonviolent
Event Duration More than 1 day
Primary Form Demonstration
Secondary Form Other forms of non-violent protest
Primary Cause Issues related to legal action and access to justice
Actor 1 - Number of people n/a
Actor 1 - Affiliations Health sector/health workers, doctors
Actor 1 - Youth na
Actor 2 - Number of people n/a
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) Government and civil servants at central level
Actor 2 - Youth na
National/Online Media

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