Video | Nurse paralysed as shocking hospital attack by Nanjing official is caught on camera
Chen Xingyu, 20, remains in hospital after she was attacked over treatment of a patient
Yuan Yaping, a 53-year-old civil servant who allegedly attacked a nurse at a Jiangsu hospital on February 25 because she was unhappy with the treatment her daughter had received, was detained on Wednesday, according to local police.
Chen Xingyu, the 20-year-old victim who worked at the Nanjing Stomatological Hospital, was paralysed by the attack and remains in hospital receiving treatment, according to authorities in Nanjing.
The attack, which made headlines in online forums and in newspapers, enraged China’s medical community and drew an outpouring of sympathy for the victim throughout the country.
The fact that police took more than a week to detain Yuan has especially angered observers online. Many blamed police for yielding to the political influence of Yuan's family and speculated they had hidden major evidence from the public.
Nanjing police later explained they were only able to detain Yuan after the seriousness of Chen’s injuries had been determined by medical experts.
