BEIJING - The Ministry of Health has strongly condemned the stabbing attack that severelyinjured a Beijing doctor on Thursday.
In a statement released on its website on Sunday, the ministry condemned the attack whichtook place at a hospital in the capital on Thursday.
Xu Wen, 43, a surgeon at the Beijing Tongren Hospital, was seriously injured on Thursday aftera patient, identified as Wang Baoming, 54, attacked her with a knife at the hospital.
Police detained Wang shortly after the attack. Xu's life was not threatened by the injuries, thehospital said on Friday.
Minister of Health Chen Zhu and the ministry's Party secretary, Zhang Mao, were gravelyconcerned by the vicious incident, the statement said.
They strongly condemned the violent crime and expressed their sympathy to the injured doctor,according to the statement.
The ministry asked the bureau of health in Beijing to organize experts to treat the injureddoctor, it added.
The ministry also asked the bureau to cooperate closely with relevant authorities to seriouslypunish the attacker, while saying the bureau should take measures to prevent similar incidentsin the future.
The ministry stressed that health administrations and organizations at all levels should promotethe building of safe hospitals and should protect the safety and rights of medical staff membersand patients, said the statement.
Wang had undergone a throat operation at the hospital in October 2006, according to thestatement. After leaving the hospital in late October 2006, he was readmitted to the hospitalwith breathing difficulties in July 2007. He checked out at the end of the month.
In several blogs allegedly written by him in 2009, Wang described his treatment by Xu at thehospital. He alleged that Xu had not given him correct treatment, which left him feeling duped.
He wrote in one blog that he had on his mind nothing but avenging his treatment by Xu.
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