Professor Seriously Injured in Stabbing Rampage at Sinchon Severance Hospital

[Anchor]

A psychiatrist has been seriously injured after a woman in her 50s went on a stabbing rampage at Sinchon Severance Hospital in Seoul. The woman, who was arrested at the scene, is reportedly refusing to cooperate with police questioning.

Here is reporter Park Jaehyeon with the details.

[Reporter]

The stabbing occurred at around 4:30 p.m. today at the Department of Psychiatry at Sinchon Severance Hospital in Seodaemun-gu, Seoul.

A woman in her 50s, identified as A, suddenly entered a consultation room, pulled out a weapon she had brought in a shopping bag, and attacked a psychiatrist.

The victim sustained 5-centimeter-long slash wounds to the face, arms, and head, and was rushed to the emergency room for treatment. The victim's life is reportedly not in danger.

[Severance Hospital official: Information regarding a patient's condition falls under privacy regulations. We have no way of knowing either.]

Hospital staff subdued A immediately after the attack, and police officers dispatched to the scene arrested A on charges of special assault about 10 minutes later.

Immediately following her arrest, A reportedly made incoherent statements, claiming, "I originally meant to go to a different general hospital, but came to the wrong place."

It was found that A had not made an outpatient appointment with the victim and had not visited the hospital for an appointment, but has a history of receiving treatment for mental illness at multiple hospitals, including Severance Hospital.

Following the incident in December 2018 where Professor Lim Se-won of the psychiatry department at Kangbuk Samsung Hospital was killed by a patient wielding a weapon during a consultation, the National Assembly passed the so-called "Lim Se-won Act" to strengthen penalties for assaulting medical personnel.

However, this latest incident failed to prevent an attack targeting a medical professional while on duty.

A is reportedly refusing to make statements to the police.

(Camera footage by Kang Si-woo | Video editing by Shin Se-eun)
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