Bogus Chinese doctor flees after video shows her punching patient on operating table

An unqualified doctor has quit her job in northern China and fled after she was shown on video repeatedly punching a patient lying on an operating table, Chinese media reported.
The footage of the assault has been widely shared online and broadcast on state television.
It was uploaded by a local reporter and has sparked outrage among internet users.
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The doctor is shown punching the patient at a private hospital in Hohhot in Inner Mongolia more than a dozen times.
The patient had been involved in an argument with the doctor and she was receiving treatment in the obstetrics and gynaecology department, according to a local TV station report.
After the doctor assaults the patient a nurse starts to forcefully push and stretch the woman legs as she kicks and struggles.
A police investigation has revealed that the doctor, whose full name was not given, was not medically qualified, the city government’s press office said in a statement on social media.