Husband beats doctor's head for not being allowed to record wife giving birth
The husband climbed out of the window to film a video but was stopped, so when the surgery ended, he used a flashlight to injure the doctor in Yen Bai.
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The incident took place on the morning of February 20 (the 5th day of Tet), a 33-year-old man in Lao Cai city brought his wife to Yen Bai Obstetrics and Pediatrics Hospital to give birth. The pregnant woman was 40 weeks pregnant, had an old surgical scar, and was scheduled for a cesarean section. At around 11am, the pregnant woman was transferred to the operating room.
While the surgeon was delivering the baby, the husband climbed up to the operating room window to film and take pictures. A midwife saw him and reminded him to get down from the window. The husband reacted violently, cursing and threatening to beat him. The doctors and nurses, as well as the wife, who was conscious due to spinal anesthesia, thought he was joking. The cesarean section went on as usual.
The surgery ended at nearly 12 o'clock. The two doctors had just left the operating room when the husband of the patient and 10 other people used flashlights to assault and hit their heads. The hospital called the police to handle the incident. The security guard who tried to intervene was also beaten by the extremists. The two doctors were taken by their colleagues to Yen Bai General Hospital for emergency treatment, stitching, testing, and treatment for concussion.
Mr. Nguyen Van Phong, Director of Yen Bai Maternity and Pediatrics Hospital, said that one doctor managed to escape and only suffered bruises, while the other doctor suffered a scalp laceration with a wound on his face, one at the corner of his eye, and a 5cm wound on the top of his head that required 20 stitches. Currently, the two doctors are conscious and continue to be monitored at Yen Bai General Hospital.
Yen Bai Provincial Department of HealthThe police have been asked to intervene. Currently, the authorities are searching for the perpetrators who beat the two doctors. After the cesarean section, the mother and baby were safely returned to their private rooms and are being monitored and cared for at the hospital.