Outraged Chinese father stabs doctor to death after newborn baby dies
Paediatrician suffered 15 stab wounds, with 12 in his head
A paediatrician in eastern China has been stabbed to death by an angry father after the man’s baby daughter died shortly after her birth.
Li Baohua, 34, who worked at Laigang Hospital in Laiwu, Shandong province, was stabbed 15 times – 12 times in his head – after being attacked in his office on Monday morning by the suspect, identified as Chen Jianli, The Beijing News reported.
Surgeons battled for five hours to try to save him, but to no avail, according to the report.
The incident is only the latest in a series of violent attacks by patients on medical staff at hospitals.
Chen reportedly carried out the attack after bringing a knife and a dagger into the hospital by hiding the weapons inside a shoulder bag, the report said.