Editorial
https://doi.org/10.52872/001c.26102
The wounded healer during COVID-19: unraveling the violence against healthcare workers in Nepal
Biplov Adhikari
Roshan Subedi
Rahul Kumar Thakur
Preeti Shakya
Abstract
On 27th May 2021, a nurse was working in the intensive care unit (ICU) at Bheri Hospital, Nepal when she was startled by a commotion. A hand grabbed her neck and choked her just as she looked behind. “She’s the one responsible,” said the perpetrator, whose brother had succumbed to the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), as his henchmen thrashed other staff on duty. Luckily a relative of another patient rescued the nurse from the vice of the attacker. The staff fled to the duty room. Huddled in the duty room, they wailed for their safety as the perpetrators banged at the door. They then ran into the toilet inside the duty room just as the duty room’s door was broken open. As the door of the toilet could not keep them from the offenders, three nurses and a doctor jumped off the second floor, fearing for their lives. Fortunately, they landed on the sand and ran to safety. Two patients died because of lack of care amidst the chaos.1,2
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Publication date:
27.5.2021.
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