More than a hundred people injured by police bullets and tear gas shells during the Gen Z protest in New Baneshwor are currently being treated at the Civil Hospital. The hospital has confirmed that two of them have died.
The situation at Civil Hospital is tense. Injured people continue to arrive, and the hospital administration is struggling to cope with the large number of casualties. Not all of the injured can be placed on beds, and about 30 persons are being treated on the floor, where bloodstains are visible.
There is a shortage of equipment and doctors to treat the large number of injured people, so nurses are treating many of the patients. The nurses involved in the treatment say they are struggling to handle the situation.
Due to the chaotic situation at the hospital, many of the injured have been sent to other hospitals, including the Trauma Center, for treatment.
Of the injured we saw, most had been shot in the leg. Most of the injured are between 20 and 30 years old, and there are not many women.
We spoke to some of the injured.
Biplab Thapa, 28, who was shot in the thigh, said he was on his way to the bank for work when he was suddenly shot.
"I was on my way to the bank. I didn't know there was already shooting on the streets," he said. "That's when I was shot in the thigh."
He said his friend, who was with him, was also shot and taken to Bir Hospital.
Similarly, 20-year-old Nabin Kapali was shot in the arm. He said this was his first time protesting against government corruption and the social media shutdown.
"We were protesting peacefully when the police suddenly fired tear gas shells and bullets," he said. "We were confused about what to do."
Chandani, 24, who was shot in the thigh, also said that the police simultaneously used tear gas shells, water cannons, and bullets to suppress a peaceful protest.
