"Blindness in Left Eye After Surgery"... Chinese Doctor Hits Patient's Head When Complaining of Pain During Surgery

Assault Incident from 4 Years Ago Revealed Late

A shocking incident occurred in China where an ophthalmologist violently assaulted the head of a patient lying on the operating table.

On the 22nd (local time), local media including China's 'Pengpai' reported on a violent incident that took place on the 19th at Ai'er Ophthalmology Hospital located in Guigang, Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, China.

The incident was first exposed by a Chinese social networking service (SNS) 'Weibo' blogger with 2.09 million followers. The blogger posted a video showing the surgeon repeatedly punching the head of a patient lying on the operating table undergoing eye surgery.

Surgical table scene at the time of the assault incident [Image source=Screenshot from Pengpai News Network, Yonhap News]

Regarding this, the blogger explained, "The 82-year-old patient, Mr. Tanmo, cried out in pain during the surgery, but the doctor did not take any measures to alleviate the patient's pain." He added, "Instead, the doctor punched the patient's head with his fist, resulting in the patient losing sight in his left eye after the surgery."

The incident reportedly occurred on December 12, 2019, four years ago. The patient was assaulted while undergoing left eye lens extraction and vitrectomy surgery under local anesthesia.

After the incident became public and sparked controversy in Chinese society, the hospital immediately launched an investigation, suspended the director who was the surgeon at the time, and dismissed the hospital representative. The hospital also acknowledged the serious violation of medical ethics and officially apologized to the patient and their family.

However, the hospital explained that there was no intention to harm the patient deliberately. The hospital claimed, "At the time, the patient was under local anesthesia and kept trying to touch his head and eyes with his hands. Due to communication difficulties in standard Chinese, the incident occurred while trying to prevent the patient from moving."

Local health authorities plan to conduct further investigations into the dismissed hospital representative and surgeon to ascertain the specific details of the incident.

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