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 The Everest Nursing Home — a private sector medical facility in Kathmandu– has admitted its mistake in the death of Tula Ram Gautam and agreed to provide compensation of Rs. 250,000 to the victim’s family.

The management has said that he died due to shortage of oxygen in the hospital.

Meanwhile, at least three people were injured during clashes that erupted after the death of Gautam.

A group of people vandalised the Everest Nursing Home alleging that Gautam died of ‘doctors’ negligence’.

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’.

All windowpanes of the Nursing Home were shattered in the incident. All sick people admitted at the hospital were transferred to other hospitals following the clashes.

Police used tear gas shells to disperse the gathering. Police misbehaved with journalists including photojournalist of Nepalnews.com Kumar Shrestha, who were there to cover the incident.

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.

The LZH and private clinics remains closed following the incident.