On July 19th, there was a violent incident at the outpatient department of the First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University. A patient’s family member sought revenge against a doctor at the hospital for the ineffective treatment of the patient, resulting in another doctor being mistakenly attacked and subsequently committing suicide by jumping off a building. The doctor who was attacked succumbed to their injuries due to their severity.
According to a report on the WeChat public account of the First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University, at around 1 pm on July 19th, Dr. Li Sheng from the cardiology department was suddenly attacked by a man with a knife during outpatient consultation, causing severe injuries to multiple parts of his body. Despite efforts to save him, he unfortunately passed away at around 9 pm on July 19th.
The assailant jumped off a building after attacking the doctor, causing severe injuries to himself. According to the Wenzhou city police, the man is currently receiving medical treatment.
Online videos show that during the incident, a man in white pants grabbed a doctor in a white coat and repeatedly attacked him with a knife, while the doctor struggled and shouted for help. The doctor managed to break free and escape from the examination room. In the video, the doctor’s face was covered in blood, and his white coat was stained red.
The video footage has sparked public concern. In the comment section, some netizens expressed that the assailant’s family had experienced a medical accident at the hospital and the hospital had not addressed the issue, so the man resorted to this extreme action in frustration, even though previous attempts to resolve the situation peacefully were unsuccessful.
Another informant revealed that the assailant’s family member had committed suicide at home earlier in the day due to illness, prompting his family to seek revenge at the hospital with a weapon. However, the intended target was a doctor surnamed Zhou, but the wrong doctor, who happened to be on duty at the time, was attacked instead.
However, an internal hospital chat record indicated that it was a director who had performed the surgery on the assailant’s family member, resulting in the unfortunate outcome of the family member’s death during the operation.