Incident Reports

Protest over the issue of a hospital's name change in Morang

2020-06-17

Province 1, Morang, Uralabari, Ward 3

Some locals of Urlabari of Morang District, under the leadership of Nepali Congress's Municipal Chief, staged a protest against the provincial government's decision to change the name of Mangalbare Hospital to Madan Bhandari Hospital. In the process, they burned the effigy of Chief Minister Sherdhan Rai. 

The provincial government of province 1, during the budget announcement, had announced that the hospital would be upgraded into a trauma centre and that its name change would be Madan Bhandari Hospital. 

Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Nonviolent
Primary Form Demonstration
Primary Cause Other governance issues
Actor 1 - Number of people 20
Actor 1 - Affiliations Nepali Congress and affiliated org
Actor 1 - Youth unknown
Actor 2 - Number of people n/a
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) Local authorities (incl VDC, district, gov. line agencies at local level except education and health)
Actor 2 - Youth na
National/Online Media

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