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Matt Ho

A man who stabbed his eye surgeon in a violent attack at a Beijing hospital last year was given a suspended death sentence with a two-year reprieve on Tuesday.
Cui Zhengguo, 37, was found guilty of attempted murder for the attack on ophthalmologist Tao Yong and three others in January 2020, according to the verdict handed down by the Beijing No 3 Intermediate People’s Court.
The 40-year-old eye surgeon was seriously injured in the attack at Beijing Chaoyang Hospital, which prompted a public outcry over chronic violence against health workers in China.
“The defendant resorted to cruel and violent means and caused extremely serious consequences with a bad social impact … there should be no leniency,” the court said in a ruling posted on its official Weibo account.
Under Chinese law, a suspended death sentence is usually commuted to life imprisonment or a fixed jail term for good behaviour during the two-year reprieve period.

In its ruling, the court said Cui had been unhappy with his medical treatment by Tao and other doctors at the hospital. It said Cui attacked Tao with a knife in the consultation room and stabbed the eye surgeon as he tried to escape, inflicting serious injuries to his head and hands. Three others who tried to stop Cui were left with minor injuries.
The court said although no one had been killed and Cui had not fled the scene afterwards, his crime was serious as he had carried out the attack in a crowded hospital.
At least 50 medical workers have been killed in hospital attacks in the past two decades in China, where critics have long complained of an inadequate public health system and poor communication between doctors and patients.
President Xi Jinping praised the efforts of medical workers last year after the Covid-19 pandemic was largely brought under control, and in August he called on officials and the public to show respect and care for hospital staff.

Ophthalmologist Tao recovered from the attack but it left him with injuries that mean he can no longer perform eye surgery. A month before he returned to work in May, Tao spoke out about the attack and the safety of medical workers.
“I would say I can understand [why] Cui did it … but I should say I cannot forgive this because it is no longer a matter about me but the safety of tens of thousands of medical workers and whether they can continue to do their work in a safe and secure environment,” Tao told The Beijing News in April.
He took to social media on Monday to call for public support for doctors and nurses in China.
“For some patients, medical treatment is just a service they pay for, and they believe that if they have spent the money then they should be cured,” Tao wrote on Weibo. “This sort of attitude is the reason why we have medical disputes and even violence against medical workers.”


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Eye surgeon Tao Yong was seriously injured in the attack. Photo: Handout

===PHOTO CAPTURED ONLINE=== A man has been detained for injuring three medical staff and a member of the public with a knife at a Beijing hospital on Monday, only weeks after another Beijing doctor had been killed. The man, 36-year-old surnamed Cui, had fled the Chaoyang District Hospital outpatients building around 2pm on Monday. Chaoyang district police has since detained him and is investigating the matter, the police said on Weibo Monday afternoon. The three medical staff and one member of the public are being treated at the hospital with no immediate danger. Among the injured was a doctor, Tao Yong, the head of the ophthalmology department at the hospital, the Beijing Daily reported. A witness told the newspaper Tao was seeing a patient, and a family member of a patient hacked him several times with a vegetable chopper. Photo:ifeng

A picture of Beijing Chaoyang Hospital. Photo:Weibo

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Beijing eye surgeon Tao Yong, who still wears a supporting device on his left hand after being stabbed by a patient almost a year ago, on the Tencent Video talk show “Countdown with Rock and Roast”. Photo: YouTube / Tencent Video

Handout screen grab from Youtube and  Countdown with Rock and Roast shows the audience giving a standing ovation to  Beijing eye surgeon Tao Yong who became a household name in China last year when he was brutally stabbed by a patient in a knife attack that left him fighting for his life. The 40-year-old doctor, the head of ophthalmology at Beijingâs Chaoyang Hospital, spent two weeks in intensive care after being stabbed in the head and arm, injuries that brought his surgical career to an end.Almost a year after the attack, Tao recently made jokes and laughed about his predicament in a popular Tencent Video talk show, telling audiences that he is ready to âmove onâ.Taoâs appearance on Countdown with Rock and Roast(correct: checked with reporter) and his unexpectedly upbeat attitude prompted an outpouring of love and admiration from the showâs audience, who gave him a standing ovation.CREDIT: Youtube Countdown with Rock and Roast

===PHOTO CAPTURED ONLINE=== A man has been detained for injuring three medical staff and a member of the public with a knife at a Beijing hospital on Monday, only weeks after another Beijing doctor had been killed. The man, 36-year-old surnamed Cui, had fled the Chaoyang District Hospital outpatients building around 2pm on Monday. Chaoyang district police has since detained him and is investigating the matter, the police said on Weibo Monday afternoon. The three medical staff and one member of the public are being treated at the hospital with no immediate danger. Among the injured was a doctor, Tao Yong,  the head of the ophthalmology department at the hospital, the Beijing Daily reported. A witness told the newspaper Tao was seeing a patient, and a family member of a patient hacked him several times with a vegetable chopper.  CREDIT::ifeng

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Four people, including three medical staff, were injured in knife attack at hospital in Beijing. Photo: Weixin

A man has been detained for injuring three medical staff and a member of the public with a knife at a Beijing hospital on Monday, only weeks after another Beijing doctor had been killed.ÊThe man, 36-year-old surnamed Cui, had fled the Chaoyang District Hospital outpatients building around 2pm on Monday. Chaoyang district police has since detained him and is investigating the matter, the police said on Weibo Monday afternoon. The three medical staff and one member of the public are being treated at the hospital with no immediate danger.ÊAmong the injured was a doctor, Tao Yong, Êthe head of the ophthalmology department at the hospital, the Beijing Daily reported. A witness told the newspaper Tao was seeing a patient, and a family member of a patient hacked him several times with a vegetable chopper.Ê Photo:ifeng

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Cui Zhengguo was convicted over attack on ophthalmologist and three others last year
Case prompted a public outcry about violence against health workers in China



Cui Zhengguo was convicted over attack on ophthalmologist and three others last year, a case that prompted a public outcry about violence against health workers in China.


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Chinese man who stabbed eye surgeon in Beijing hospital gets suspended death sentence

Cui Zhengguo was convicted over attack on ophthalmologist and three others last year Case prompted a public outcry about violence against health workers in China

Cui Zhengguo was convicted over attack on ophthalmologist and three others last year

Case prompted a public outcry about violence against health workers in China