A Harbin Teenager Sentenced to Life For Killing a Doctor

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Laurie Burkitt, China Fears Rise in Doctor Attacks. Wall Street Journal, Oct 20, 2012
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB ... 66364234583312.html
(The Intermediate People's Court of Harbin Friday [Oct 19, 2012] found 18-year-old Li Mengnan guilty of homicide and sentenced him to life, for killing in March with a fruit knife an intern named WANG Hao)

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"as of 2010 China had only 1.4 physicians per 1,000 people, according to World Bank data. The US had 2.4 per 1,000 that year.

"China's health-care system lacks a set system through which patients can take legal action when there are disputes or missteps in treatment. 'Patients in China have no means for holding doctors accountable for their work,' said Wang Jin, a partner in McKinsey's health-care practice in China.