[h=1]Doctors In China Get Attacked So Often They Now Need Armed Police Guards[/h]
July 12, 2016 [h=2]Frustration with China's broken healthcare system has seen attacks on physicians soar[/h]
Like most people, Chen Zhongwei
knew his killer, though not terribly well. The 60-year-old retired dentist had treated him 25 years previously in China?s southern city of Guangzhou. The patient, who had a history of mental illness, became enraged when, all those years later, his teeth began to discolor. Chen was found in his home riddled with stab wounds. The patient killed himself by jumping from Chen?s balcony immediately after the attack.
Chen?s death is an extreme example of a common problem in China: violence against medical professionals...
