Letters

Change patients' mindset

Comment on "Slaying of doctor 'stresses need for enhanced security'" (China Daily, Feb 18)

Several cases of patients attacking medical staff have been in the news recently. I feel so sorry and angry about these tragedies, and think such vicious crimes are totally intolerable. Such assaults on medial workers show severe contradictions exist between medical staff and patients and their families. To some extent, medical staff have become innocent victims of China's medical treatment problems. Even if the attitude of some doctors and nurses toward patients leaves something to be desired, that's not an excuse for breaking the law.