China sees wave of violence against hospital staff

February 28, 2014

(BBC) – A nurse left paralysed in Nanjing, a doctor with his throat slashed in Hebei and another beaten to death with a pipe in Heilongjiang. Three separate incidents all of which took place in China over the past two weeks. They are, of course, savage and shocking in their own right. Even more troubling though is the fact that they are not isolated cases but the latest in a growing crisis of violence at the heart of China’s healthcare system. It is leaving a trail of bereavement in its wake.