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Chinese gov't to supervise investigation into latest violent attack against doctor

Xinhua, May 19, 2016 Adjust font size:

China's top health authority and the Ministry of Public Security will directly supervise the investigation into the killing of a doctor in central China's Hunan Province on Wednesday.

Wang Jun, a doctor with Shaodong County People's Hospital, was beaten by members of a patient's family at around 1:40 p.m. on Wednesday. Wang was seriously injured and died at 5:15 p.m after treatment failed.

Two suspects have been apprehended and another surrendered himself to police.

The National Health and Family Planning Commission (NHFPC) strongly condemned the attack in a statement, saying "it was a vile criminal act that must be severely punished."

"The normal order of medical treatment must be maintained and the personal safety of medical personnel be guaranteed," the statement reads. Endi