Death row for doctor s attacker By Yang Zekun | China Daily | Updated: 2021-02-03 09:04 Share
Man who injured ophthalmologist gets suspended capital punishment Tao Yong, director of the ophthalmology department of Beijing Chaoyang Hospital, performs an eye operation.[Photo provided to China Daily]
A man who injured four people in a knife attack at Beijing Chaoyang Hospital in January last year was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve on Tuesday for intentional homicide and deprived of his political rights for life.
Beijing No 3 Intermediate People s Court said Cui Zhenguo, 37, was resentful at ophthalmologist Tao Yong and other doctors at the hospital because his eye treatment failed to meet his expectations and took retaliatory action on Jan 20,2020.
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A 43-year-old suspect, known by his surname Zeng, was detained following the attack, police said. An investigation is underway.
The authorities did not specify the motive of the attack, but Chinese media reported that Mr Zeng had been treated by Dr Hu a year ago.
But the patient had left the hospital without permission and refused to cooperate with the treatment prescribed by the cardiologist, a doctor at the hospital told Shanghai-based news outlet The Paper.
‘[He] blamed the doctor after relapsing,’ the anonymous medic added.
Footage obtained by Chinese media appears to show the aftermath of the attack as the cardiologist lying on a hospital bed while large blood splatters covered the room.