Woman's Gold Earrings Stolen from Body During Treatment at Biratnagar Hospital

Biratnagar. Gold earrings have been stolen from the body of a woman who died during treatment at Green Cross Hospital in Biratnagar.

The hospital administration tried to hush up the incident by paying the equivalent amount of gold after relatives protested, raising questions about the hospital's negligence and security sensitivity.

Sabina Danuwar, 40, of Triyuga Municipality-7, Udaypur, who was admitted on Jestha 1 after consuming poison, died on Sunday morning. The family claims that gold earrings weighing approximately one tola, which were in both of the patient's ears, were stolen under the pretext of performing an ECG before the death was announced.

Initially, the hospital administration denied the disappearance of the gold, but later relented after relatives showed a video taken during the treatment. The hospital admitted that the gold was missing after the earrings were clearly visible in the deceased's ears in the video and suspicious scenes were also seen in the CCTV camera footage.

Following discussions in the presence of the police, the hospital administration issued a check equivalent to one tola of gold to the deceased's family on the condition that the guilty employees would be investigated. However, the hospital's operator, Krishna Khawas, feigned ignorance about the matter and tried to dismiss the incident.

Morang Superintendent of Police (SP) Kavita Katwal informed that a serious investigation has been started into the matter of gold disappearing from the body at the hospital.