BEIJING: After a doctor in East China was stabbed to death at work on Friday, China’s top health authority said on Saturday that it has joined public security efforts to strengthen a crackdown on medical-related crimes and has urged hospitals to implement security measures.
Li Sheng, a cardiologist at the First Affiliated Hospital of Wenzhou Medical University in Wenzhou, Zhejiang province, was attacked by a knife-wielding man around noon Friday when seeing patients and died that evening due to critical injuries.
The man who carried out the attack jumped off the building, the hospital and police said. Police said late on Friday that the attacker was receiving treatment but have not provided any subsequent updates on his condition.
The National Health Commission expressed deep condolences for Li’s death and extended its sympathies to his family in a statement released on Saturday night.
The commission said it strongly condemns violence against medical personnel and pledges a zero-tolerance policy toward any form of harm to them.
It stressed that attacking medical personnel is a serious criminal act.
“The commission has worked with the Ministry of Public Security to guide localities to improve hospital security and severely crack down on medical-related crimes to protect the safety of patients and medical staff,” it said.
The commission added that hospitals should strengthen security systems, fully implement security measures and deepen collaboration with police. –The Daily Mail-China Daily news exchange item
