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Patient dies after hospital beating
By Li Xinran |
January 8, 2009, Thursday
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A PATIENT who died at a mental health hospital last month in eastern China's Shandong Province was found to have been severely beaten by nurses before her death.
The victim, Wang Xiuying, had been sent to Laiwu Mental Health Specialty Hospital on December 7 after she suffered a breakdown while preparing the wedding of her son, Zhu Chuanming, Shanghai Morning Post reported yesterday.
Hou Mingjin, president of the hospital, promised Wang's family that Wang would recover in a few days.
However, the family was told the next day that Wang needed to stay in hospital more than a month due to her deteriorating condition.
The family was not allowed to visit or call Wang in the next few days, but were told they could watch her via a camera installed in her ward if they came on December 17.
However, on December 15 the hospital told them Wang had suffered heart attack and had been sent to another hospital in the city for treatment.
They arrived at the Laiwu People's Hospital to find Wang was dead.
Nurses from the hospital's emergency aid center told them Wang had died in the mental health hospital.
Zhu obtained video footage from the mental health hospital that showed Wang being beaten several times between December 9 and 15.
A segment uploaded by Zhu to various Websites showed a female nurse hitting Wang in the face with a mop, pulling her off a bed and then kicking her in the face.
With the lower part of her body naked in the video, Wang was also forced by three nurses to lie on a bed covered with plastic sheets.
The hospital has closed since the reports came out, according to the newspaper. Even the hospital's sign has been removed.
A source told Shanghai Morning Post the hospital was a privately owned medical institution and most of its staff were unlicensed.
Hou was the only psychiatrist in the hospital, the newspaper quoted the source as saying. One of the nurses involved in the beatings claimed self defense, saying Wang had kicked her when she changed her bed sheets.
Footage for December 15 was not given to Wang's family, so they don't know what happened on the day of her death.
The victim, Wang Xiuying, had been sent to Laiwu Mental Health Specialty Hospital on December 7 after she suffered a breakdown while preparing the wedding of her son, Zhu Chuanming, Shanghai Morning Post reported yesterday.
Hou Mingjin, president of the hospital, promised Wang's family that Wang would recover in a few days.
However, the family was told the next day that Wang needed to stay in hospital more than a month due to her deteriorating condition.
The family was not allowed to visit or call Wang in the next few days, but were told they could watch her via a camera installed in her ward if they came on December 17.
However, on December 15 the hospital told them Wang had suffered heart attack and had been sent to another hospital in the city for treatment.
They arrived at the Laiwu People's Hospital to find Wang was dead.
Nurses from the hospital's emergency aid center told them Wang had died in the mental health hospital.
Zhu obtained video footage from the mental health hospital that showed Wang being beaten several times between December 9 and 15.
A segment uploaded by Zhu to various Websites showed a female nurse hitting Wang in the face with a mop, pulling her off a bed and then kicking her in the face.
With the lower part of her body naked in the video, Wang was also forced by three nurses to lie on a bed covered with plastic sheets.
The hospital has closed since the reports came out, according to the newspaper. Even the hospital's sign has been removed.
A source told Shanghai Morning Post the hospital was a privately owned medical institution and most of its staff were unlicensed.
Hou was the only psychiatrist in the hospital, the newspaper quoted the source as saying. One of the nurses involved in the beatings claimed self defense, saying Wang had kicked her when she changed her bed sheets.
Footage for December 15 was not given to Wang's family, so they don't know what happened on the day of her death.
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