Irate husband attacks wife in hospital bed with knife then scissors - policeman stabbed in chest

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Irate husband attacks wife in hospital bed with knife then scissors - policeman stabbed in chest

 

Picture: Thai Rath

 

Yet more violence has erupted in a Thai hospital.

 

Following a spate of atrocious incidents nationwide Thai Rath reported that yesterday evening a 63 year old man went to visit his 60 year old wife who was in a ward on the third floor of Lampang Hospital, in Thailand's north. 

 

The husband - from Pua, Nan province - was armed with a knife.

 

He was stopped by one of the children of the wife and went away. 

 

However he soon came back this time armed with scissors and went for his wife's neck. She was rushed to ER with a serious wound to her neck. 

 

Pol Lt Uthai Inchai of the Pua, Nan police was also wounded with a stab wound to the chest near his neck after he tried to intervene. 

 

The assailant is in custody following the attack. 

 

Source: Thai Rath

 

 

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No way to prevent Lampang hospital stabbing, says official

By Pratheep Nanthaparp
The Nation

 

 

The head of public health in northern Lampang province expressed regret over a multiple stabbing at Lampang Hospital on Monday evening, but said it was an unforeseeable circumstance involving a mentally unstable man.

 

Dr Prasertkit Suwanrat on Tuesday called the incident a matter of “force majeure” and impossible to guard against.

 

Dr Thawatchai Panthong, the hospital’s deputy director, said the alleged attacker was a man in his early 60s from Nan who was visiting his wife following her surgery for an aneurysm and kidney failure. 

 

He said the man suddenly grabbed a pair of scissors and stabbed two other patients in the same room, along with two visiting relatives.

 

One patient in her early 60s sustained a small cut to her hip, a male patient aged 60 had a six-centimetre gash to the leg, a 57-year-old female visitor was deeply cut on the shoulder and a 48-year-old male visitor received a 2.5cm wound to the chest. 

 

All were treated and reported to be in no danger.

 

Prasertkit said the hospital has clear security measures in place, but the alleged assailant’s mental imbalance made his intent impossible to detect and his behaviour unpredictable. 

 

He said his office and hospital staff deeply regretted the harm caused to others. 

 

Muang Lampang deputy superintendent Pol Lt Colonel Somkuan Kettes said an assault complaint had been filed and witness interviews conducted. The outcome of the medical tests on the victims was awaited before any charges could be filed.

 

Source: https://www.nationthailand.com/news/30375457

 

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