07-06-2013, 10:52 AM
A local physician is under investigation for apparently beating a patient who had just undergone cardiac surgery, investigators report. The patient reportedly escaped soon after the incident.
A surveillance video has since circulated evidently showing the physician closing a curtain around the room and proceeding to punch the patient in the head and beat him on the chest.
The incident reportedly happened at the Guardian Center for Cardiovascular Surgery in southern Moscow. The district's only Kremlin-run hospital has a reputation for violence.
Tabloid sources report the physician was nearing the end of a 32-hour shift when he suddenly "went beserk." The doctor alleged the surgery-patient was threatening staff lives. The cardiologist has been taken into custody for mental examination. He has no other criminal record. The patient in question reportedly escaped out the window.
A surveillance video has since circulated evidently showing the physician closing a curtain around the room and proceeding to punch the patient in the head and beat him on the chest.
The incident reportedly happened at the Guardian Center for Cardiovascular Surgery in southern Moscow. The district's only Kremlin-run hospital has a reputation for violence.
Tabloid sources report the physician was nearing the end of a 32-hour shift when he suddenly "went beserk." The doctor alleged the surgery-patient was threatening staff lives. The cardiologist has been taken into custody for mental examination. He has no other criminal record. The patient in question reportedly escaped out the window.