Incident Reports

Kidney patients stage protest in Chitawan demanding regular dialysis

2020-09-08

Bagmati, Chitawan, Bharatpur

Kidney patients and their relatives staged a demonstration on Bharatpur on Tuesday demanding regular treatment. They have demanded continuation of the dialysis service that is going on form two days in a week. 

The government hospital put out a notice on August 30 stating that the hospital will only provide emergency dialysis service because some doctors and nurses of the dialysis unit contracted coronavirus.

Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Nonviolent
Primary Form Demonstration
Primary Cause Extra-judicial response related to perceived healthcare malpractice/after death of patient
Secondary Cause Healthcare Management
Actor 1 - Number of people 25
Actor 1 - Affiliations Protesters/demonstrators
Actor 1 - Youth unknown
Actor 2 - Number of people n/a
Actor 2 - Affiliation (Target) Health sector/health workers, doctors
Actor 2 - Youth na
National/Online Media

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