Medical attacks remain a problem

Officials introduce measures aimed at preventing assaults on hospital staff

On June 7, a man rushed into a nurse station at the First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, a top hospital in Yunnan province, with a kitchen knife, and stabbed a nurse.

The 30-year-old nurse, whose identity was not disclosed, suffered multiple injuries to her head and hands, and was nearly unconscious before police arrived and subdued the suspect.