60s Patient Assaulted by Another Patient at Busan Hospital Dies the Next Day

Dongnae Police Station Urgently Arrests and Investigates Patient Admitted to the Same Psychiatric Hospital

Busan Dongnae Police Station.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Kim Yong-woo] A man in his 60s who was hospitalized at a psychiatric hospital in Busan and assaulted by another patient in the same room died the next day, prompting the police to launch an investigation.

The Dongnae Police Station in Busan announced on the 11th that they have urgently arrested and are investigating a man in his 60s, identified as Mr. A, who was a patient at the psychiatric hospital.

According to the police, Mr. A is suspected of getting into an argument with another patient in his 60s, Mr. B, who shared the same room, on the morning of the 8th, and assaulting him by punching.

Mr. B suddenly had a seizure and collapsed around 3:30 p.m. that day. He was transferred to a university hospital but passed away at 4:40 p.m. on the 9th.

The hospital determined Mr. B’s cause of death to be "traumatic subdural hemorrhage."

The police have urgently arrested Mr. A and are investigating, and have decided to conduct an autopsy on Mr. B to verify the connection between the assault and the death.

Mr. A reportedly partially admitted to the assault but claims he is not related to Mr. B’s death.

A police official stated, “Since Mr. B had pre-existing conditions and there are witness statements that he was walking after the assault, we plan to apply charges after confirming the exact causal relationship.”

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