As many as 41 people injured during the nationwide anti-corruption Gen Z protests on September 8 and 9 are still receiving care at 12 hospitals in the Kathmandu Valley and in Biratnagar.

According to the latest figures, at least 75 people have been confirmed dead and over 2,316 injured in the protest launched by youths against rampant misrule and a social media ban.

Data provided by the health emergency operation centre (HEOC), run by the Ministry of Health and Population, show that 48 people succumbed to bullet injuries in various hospitals.

Of the total injured, 2,227 have already been discharged.

Currently, 14 injured Gen Z protesters, the highest number, are still undergoing treatment at the National Trauma Centre, the government-run tertiary trauma referral hospital in Kathmandu.

Eight patients have been receiving care at the Tribhuvan University Teaching Hospital, seven at Kathmandu Medical College Teaching Hospital, two at Kirtipur hospital and two at Patan Academy of Health Sciences.

Doctors at these hospitals said that injured protesters, who have already undergone surgery have not yet been discharged because they need follow-up care and regular dressing of wounds.

The health ministry said that hospitals have been providing free care to injured protesters as per the government’s instructions.

The Gen Z protests were the most violent in Nepal’s history, when key government institutions including the federal parliament, the central secretariat at Singha Durbar that houses several ministries, the Supreme Court, and dozens of police offices and stations were torched or vandalised in Kathmandu. Big business, including Bhatbhateni supermarkets, and several banks, and politicians’ private residences also came under attack, while government offices and police stations in many districts were also vandalised or torched.