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

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A still from the video shows the doctor punching the patient. Photo: Inews.qq.com

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.

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