The heart patient was in an intensive
care unit fighting for his life. A doctor(photo) walked in and started talking
to the patient. Suddenly, he began beating the patient viciously.
The patient, a 45-year-old man, died soon afterwards, but it is not known whether he died of the beating, Mail Online reported.
The beating was recorded on camera, and
Dr Andrey Votyakov, a highly-regarded Russian anaesthesiologist who had
an unblemished record, is being investigated by authorities.
The incident happened soon after the patient underwent surgery at a hospital in Perm, in the Urals.
The doctor told investigators that he
was tired after a 36-hour shift and grew angry when the patient started
abusing him, Sky News reported.
- Said Dr Votyakov: “As soon as I came into the room with my team, he started to call me various derogative names. And I just got blown away by it.
- “We had spent so much time with his very complicated case to help him recover, and he said not a single word of gratitude.
- “And then the chronic tiredness added to it. I got carried away, and I punched him several times.”
- The attack happened early this year, but the footage was made available only recently, the report said. The footage does not show any other doctors or nurses seeking to intervene.
Source: Asiaone
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