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Chinese patient kills doctor after nose operation was botched
A doctor checks the infected and deformed nose of Xiaolian, before replacing it with a new nose, grown by surgeons on his forehead, at a hospital in Fuzhou, Fujian province September 24, 2013. Xiaolian, 22, neglected his nasal trauma following a traffic accident on August, 2012. After several months, the infection had corroded the cartilage of the nose, making it impossible for surgeons to fix it leaving no alternative but to grow a new nose for replacement. The new nose is grown by placing a skin tissue expander onto Xiaolian’s forehead, cutting it into the shape of a nose and planting a cartilage taken from his ribs. The surgeons said that the new nose is in good shape and the transplant surgery could be performed soon, local media reported. Picture taken September 24, 2013. REUTERS/Stringer (CHINA – Tags: SOCIETY HEALTH DISASTER) CHINA OUT. NO COMMERCIAL OR EDITORIAL SALES IN CHINA
An angry patient returned to his hospital in Wenling City, China with revenge on his mind. Lian Enqing underwent surgery on his nose through the hospital and was furious with the results. He intended to confront the doctor who botched his surgery but, unable to find him, settled for killing the Head of the Department and wounding two other doctors that happened to be nearby.
The next day, doctors and nurses at the hospital held a rally. They wore white coats and blue surgical masks as they paced before their workplace. Their request? They want more respect for medical staff.
In China, hatred toward doctors and other healthcare professionals has become an epidemic with no apparent antidote. The case of Lian is far from the first- it was not even the first this week. The physicians in China are underpaid and overworked.
Often there are too many people in any given hospital for the staff to handle them all properly. Doctors have been known to take bribes in exchange for better care but this leaves the rest of the patients even worse off.
China has promised its people a solution. So far they have raised the funding of the medical sector by 12%.
According to the Mirror, violent attacks directed at doctors and other health care workers in the form of beatings, threats, kidnappings, verbal abuse and murder reached 17,243 cases in 2010, the latest year for which such figures are available.
On THe Web:
Chinese doctor stabbed to death in latest hospital attack
http://news.yahoo.com/chinese-doctor-stabbed-death-latest-hospital-attack-084856196.html
Lian Enqing, a patient upset with nose op, kills doctor at hospital in Wenling, eastern China
http://www.news.com.au/world/lian-enqing-patient-upset-with-nose-job-kills-doctor-at-hospital-in-wenling-eastern-china/story-fndir2ev-1226748558278
Chinese patient kills doctor after nose operation was botched
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/man-kills-doctor-after-surgery-2562322