Prosecutors yesterday filed attempted murder charges against a New Taipei City man accused of stabbing three nurses at the city’s Shuang Ho Hospital where he was quarantined for COVID-19.
The New Taipei City District Prosecutors’ Office in a news release cited the wounds the man surnamed Hung (洪) allegedly inflicted as evidence of his intent to kill and indifference to human life.
Prosecutors are also asking the court to indict the man on charges of assault, aggravated assault and obstructing the Medical Care Act (醫療法), the office said.
Hung was admitted to the hospital’s COVID-19 quarantine facility on May 25, three days after
The High Prosecutors’ Office has been tasked with the prosecution of a COVID-19 patient who on Monday allegedly stabbed three medical workers, Minister of Justice Tsai Ching-hsiang (蔡清祥) said on Wednesday.
The incident took place at about 7am at Taipei Medical University’s Shuang Ho Hospital when a 62-year-old male patient surnamed Hung (洪) allegedly used a fruit knife to attack three female nurses working at the isolation ward where he was receiving treatment.
Hung, who reportedly has a history of emotional instability, allegedly stabbed a 23-year-old surnamed Shih (施) in the abdomen, a 25-year-old surnamed Chen (陳) in the chest and right
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