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Spate of attacks target medical staff in two weeks
医疗工作者接连遭遇袭击
The death in Wenling is just one of several acts of violence against medical professionals in China in the past two weeks. Across the country, there have been 5 separate incidents where patients and their families have attacked doctors and nurses, highlighting growing concerns about the safety of medical staff.
Providing medical care turns into a nightmare.
On October 25, hundreds of hospital workers staged a rare protest in the city of Wenling in east China, to denounce attacks on medical workers.
The protest came after a patient, armed with a knife, stabbed three doctors last Friday due to anger over a nose operation. One doctor was killed while the other two were injured.
Two days later, a nurse was kidnapped by a patient in the city of Nanchang. It took one hour before police rescued the nurse, who suffered a neck injury. The case is still under investigation.
In the same week, two doctors were also attacked by angry family members of a patient who died in hospital in Guangzhou. The doctor suffered severe brain and spleen injuries.
On October 20th, a man in Shenyang, the capital of Liaoning province stabbed a doctor 6 times before jumping to his own death at the hospital. The patient was angered over what he perceived as a botched operation on his hands and arms.
3 days earlier, several family members of a patient smashed facilities at an ICU in Shanghai. The violence broke out after the family was informed that their loved one had died during emergency care. Two nurses were injured in the attack.
