Incident Reports

Health workers at Bir hospital agitated demanding risk allowance

2020-11-02

Bagmati, Kathmandu, Kathmandu

Health workers deployed to treat Corona infected at Bir Hospital staged a sit-in at the hospital premises for four days, leaving one hour of duty daily demanding the risk allowance. The agitating health workers accused the hospital of not providing quality health care equipment, salary on time, and not a single allowance since March 24. 


Details and Impacts
Violent / Non-violent Nonviolent
Event Duration More than 1 day
Primary Form Gherau/Dharna (sit-in)/padlocking
Primary Cause Labor disputes, not including civil servants
Secondary Cause Healthcare Management
Actor 1 - Number of people n/a
Actor 1 - Affiliations Health sector/health workers, doctors
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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