A clash ensued between protesters and police personnel in Ghorahi on Thursday after locals vandalised a hospital.

Agitated locals obstructed traffic along the Ghorahi-Lamahi road section after a nine-year-old boy died in the course of treatment at the Buddha International Hospital on Wednesday.

The demonstrators vandalised the building of the medical institute and pelted stones at the police personnel following which the police lobbed tear gas to take the situation under control.

Relatives of the deceased accuse the Ghorahi-based hospital of negligence in the child’s death.

Although the victim’s relatives, hospital administration, and other stakeholders have been holding talks at the District Administration Office no solution has been found as of yet, said Deputy Superintendent of Police Janak Bahadur Malla.