On the morning of April 29th, news and images of a indiscriminate doctor-slashing incident at a hospital in Tianjin circulated widely on the internet. Reports indicated that a male patient armed with a knife attacked five doctors. Most of the injured doctors suffered severe wounds, with the deputy director of orthopedics, Dr. Luo Wei, in critical condition and possibly deceased. A source at the hospital’s outpatient department confirmed the incident to The Epoch Times, but declined to provide further details.
A post on the social platform Reddit by user “r/China_irl” stated that on the evening of April 28, a indiscriminate slashing incident occurred at a hospital in Tianjin, where a man attacked five doctors with a knife. The majority of the injured doctors sustained severe wounds, and Dr. Luo Wei, the deputy director of orthopedics, was reported to be in critical condition or had tragically passed away. The contributor claimed that the assailant was a patient at the hospital who harbored resentment after spending a significant amount of money on treatment without seeing improvement. Dr. Luo Wei, 44 years old, was the party secretary and department director of the Digital Orthopedic Technology Clinical Application Center at Tianjin Hospital, a doctor with a Ph.D.
Subsequently, most online related disclosures and information were deleted, and leaders of the Tianjin Health Committee personally arrived at the scene to block the spread of news.
On April 29th, a reporter from The Epoch Times contacted the outpatient clinic of Tianjin Hospital by phone, where a woman who answered stated, “I can only tell you that this incident is real.” However, she was uncertain about the specifics, but mentioned that the orthopedics department was closed for the day.
When asked about the condition of Dr. Luo Wei, the woman replied, “You can call the office of the outpatient department to inquire about Dr. Luo’s condition… I cannot say.” She emphasized that there were people nearby, making it inconvenient to divulge more information.
Due to the slashing incident, appointments for registration at Tianjin Hospital were suspended. The woman interviewed mentioned that patients scheduled to see the injured doctors were redirected elsewhere, requiring others to re-register.
On Weibo, a post claimed that someone was killed in the incident at Tianjin Hospital, and news was being suppressed, yet the post was promptly blocked.
Overseas on Xiaohongshu (Little Red Book), the incident sparked heated discussions among users.
ketchuphater0: Why is the doctor-patient relationship in China always so strained?
Extra_Environment539: You can’t find any news about this incident domestically. The headlines on mainland websites are all about power outages in Spain. Is this the end of an era?
randomcomment_FYI: Doctor-patient disputes are indeed widespread. Patients often believe that spending a lot of money on treatment guarantees a cure, and if the treatment isn’t successful, they blame the doctors.