Cabby stabbed to death

The drivers asked the doctors to continue treatment, saying they will bring money in a short while, but to no avail," he said.Accusing doctors of negligence, taxi drivers staged a protest on the hospital premises. When contacted, the police control room asked us to inform about the incident to other police stations, Gautam said.The taxi drivers organised an hour-long chakka jam from 2 pm at the Narayan Gopal chowk as a protest against the government's failure to provide security to public and hospital's negligence."We will not accept his body unless our demands are met," Gautam said, adding that a meeting to be held tomorrow morning with representatives of trade unions, traort entrepreneurs and parents of the dead will come up with announce fresh protests.He also said taxi drivers may decide not to drive taxis at night if the government fails to provide security to them."Thing is the third taxi driver to be killed in a week," Gautam said.

Drivers threaten to stop night taxi service A taxi driver, who was stabbed by passengers, died at the Tribhuvan University teaching hospital this morning.Ram Lal Thing, 28, of Sarlahi district was stabbed by three passengers at Chundevi. The three had boarded the taxi from Gwarko at around 1 am. Thing's ... ...said he had called up his colleagues over mobile phone and sought help. Friends rushed Thing, who had passed out, to the Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital.According to Jagannath Gautam, president of the Nepal Taxi Drivers' Association, doctors at the hospital reportedly delayed the treatment of Thing for one hour because friends did not have Rs 510 for performing video x-ray on Thing. The drivers asked the doctors to continue treatment, saying they will bring money in a short while, but to no avail," he said.Accusing doctors of negligence, taxi drivers staged a protest on the hospital premises. Gautam and Hari Dallakoti, central committee member of the All Nepal Workers' Association, addressed the mass gathered at the Narayan Gopal chowk. They demanded the government to punish the culprit and take action against the doctors whose negligence caused Thing's death. The speakers also demanded compensation to family of the victim.Gautam said the hospital administration has agreed to form a committee to investigate the accusation though a few doctors claimed that Thing's condition was critical and that it was impossible to save him. When contacted, the police control room asked us to inform about the incident to other police stations, Gautam said.The taxi drivers organised an hour-long chakka jam from 2 pm at the Narayan Gopal chowk as a protest against the government's failure to provide security to public and hospital's negligence."We will not accept his body unless our demands are met," Gautam said, adding that a meeting to be held tomorrow morning with representatives of trade unions, tra ort entrepreneurs and parents of the dead will come up with announce fresh protests.He also said taxi drivers may decide not to drive taxis at night if the government fails to provide security to them."Thing is the third taxi driver to be killed in a week," Gautam said.

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