40s Man Arrested for Assaulting Nurse After Treating Mother with High Fever Outside Emergency Room

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[Asia Economy Intern Reporter Min Jun-young] A man in his 40s who assaulted nurses outside the emergency room while bringing his mother to the ER has been arrested by the police.

The Gimhae Jungbu Police Station in Gyeongnam announced on the 28th that they have detained and are investigating A (42) on charges of causing a disturbance and assaulting nurses on duty at the entrance of a hospital emergency room (violation of the Emergency Medical Service Act).

A is accused of causing a disturbance and punching two nurses on the evening of the 25th around 9:40 PM at an emergency room in Oedong, Gimhae-si, Gyeongnam, while accompanying his mother who had a head injury.

According to the police investigation, A visited the emergency room with his mother, but when the medical staff attempted to treat her outside the ER due to her having a fever, he became dissatisfied and committed the assault.

At that time, the hospital did not provide treatment inside the emergency room if a patient's temperature was 37 degrees Celsius or higher, in order to prevent the spread of the novel coronavirus infection.

A was caught in the act by police officers who had come to the hospital for another incident about 20 minutes after the disturbance began.

The police are investigating the exact circumstances of the incident with A.

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