A local police officer in Linying, Henan Province, was recently revealed to have discharged a firearm while intervening in a dispute between a bereaved family and medical personnel.
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NewsChina
Updated Jul.31
A local police officer in Linying, Henan Province, was recently revealed to have discharged a firearm while intervening in a dispute between a bereaved family and medical personnel. According to media reports, the family members of a baby who had died while undergoing treatment in a local hospital gathered in front of the hospital gates to demand that doctors take responsibility for the child’s death. The police officer reportedly fired a “warning shot” after the distraught family members refused to disperse even after being blasted with pepper spray. Some netizens decried the use of a gun to resolve a medical dispute, while others attacked the healthcare system itself for breeding such conflicts between doctors and their patients.