Hospital remains tense due to death of a girl

Beldangi-I, September 23: The hospital area in Beldangi-I camp has remained tensed since early morning today due to the death of Sri Maya Magi, 14.

General people and family of the deceased have questioned on services delivered to the treatment of Magi who died vomiting blood yesterday at 4 PM.

"She was denied of immediate referral to AMDA-Hospital Damak", said a relative of Magi quoting her family telling that doctors used only Paracetamol instead of referral to the higher center.

The camp secretary of Beldangi-I, TB Gurung said that camp management committee is trying to normalize the situation resuming out-patient-department and emergency survives disturbed since early morning.

Gurung said that health staffs have demanded their security to work in the health center, where some 100 patients are waiting for treatments.

Men Bahadur Siwakoti, who attended Magi claimed that her treatment seemed improving but unfortunately she started vomiting blood. While Dr. Benu Basnet, Incharge at AMDA-Hospital, said that Magi was so critical that there was no time for her referral to higher center.

ADMA-Birtamod confirmed that Dr. Nirmal Rimal, Project Director of Primary Health Care Project for Bhutanese Refugees was out of the scene as he was in Kathmandu for his official works.

The family of Magi has not taken her body for funeral performance demanding a thorough probe into the incidence occurred.

Magi was a student of grade six in Green Vale Academy. Bhutan News Service