Biratnagar, May 21: It has been found that for the first time, a case has been registered against a doctor under the Consumer Protection Act in Morang after a patient died due to wrong treatment.

A case registered by the family against the doctor in the Morang District Court on April 2 is pending after the death of Bimala Thapa Pokharal, a patient from Inaruwa, Sunsari, who had a chronic lung disease, due to the doctor prescribing the wrong medicine during her treatment.

The doctor had prescribed morphine, a drug that should not be given to lung patients, to relieve back pain. The patient’s family has alleged that the patient died due to an overdose of the drug. Senior advocate Man Bahadur Rumdali Rai said that this case is the first of its kind registered in the district.

Maniram Pokharel, under Secretary of the Morang District Court, informed the Senior Advocate Rai that the first case had been registered against the doctor.

The case was registered through the Supreme Court senior advocate and consumer rights activist Jyoti Baniya, advocate Subin Pandey, and senior advocate Rai. This has paved the way for others to register such cases in the coming days.