Ou Lizhi, a doctor from People"s Hospital of Longmen County in Huizhou in south China"s Guangdong Province, lies in her sickbed after being attacked by a patient on July 15, 2015. She is currently receiving treatment at the Sixth Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou, the capital of south China"s Guangdong Province. [Photo: xkb.com.cn]
600,000 Chinese doctors signed their names to an online petition calling for the end of violent attacks on medical workers after a physician was injured by her patient in South China"s Guangdong province. Attacks on healthcare workers have triggered public outrage, and also sheds light on the doctor-patient relationship. What happened? |
