A group of people vandalised the Everest Nursing Home at Baneshwor in the capital on Wednesday morning alleging that a patient died of ‘doctors’ negligence’.

Home Minister Krishna Sitaula, who is also the co-coordinator of the Government-Maoists Peace Talk committee, talking to journalists after the meeting of the All Party Talk Facilitation and Advisory Committee at the Peace Secretariat, Tuesday, May 23 06. nepalnews.com/rh

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The relatives of Tula Ram Gautam, who died while undergoing treatment at the Nursing Home, claimed that he died due to the negligence of the doctors and the staffers of the Nursing Home.

Late Gautam had been admitted to the Nursing Home at 4:30 a.m. this morning.

Over hundred people including his relatives vandalised the hospital. The protestors also burnt tyres on the road in front of the Nursing Home, chanted slogans and demanded action against the ‘guilty doctors’.

Traffic movement of Baneshwor and other parts has been disrupted due to the protest at the centre of the city.

The Nursing Home is referring patients to other hospitals due to the insecure environment. Police is providing security to the hospital. An eyewitness informed Nepalnews over telephone at 12:00 noon that a large number of people are still protesting outside the Nursing Home.

Three protestors were injured when police baton charged to control the mob.

A meeting is underway between the family members of Gautam and the Hospital administration at the District Administration Office to settle the dispute.

In similar incident, a mob vandalized Lumbini Zonal Hospital (LZH) and two dozen other private clinics and set ablaze an ambulance, alleging that a patient was reportedly killed due to the doctor’s negligence.

According to local reports Maoists were actively engaged in the vandalism. 15 policemen and a doctor were injured in the incident.

The Kantipur daily quoted Saroj Thapa, a Maoist guerilla as saying that 20 of their men were deployed during the protest in Butwal. No family member of the deceased Sapkota was present during the protest.

The LZH remained closed following the incident. The private clinics also remained closed.