Eight medical students put on a behavioral art show on a busy pedestrian overpass in Guangzhou on Friday to mourn Wang Hao, the doctor who was killed by a teenager patient surnamed Li in a Harbin hospital a week ago.
One student, playing Wang and wearing a white coat and name card, went down on one knee and "bled" with ketchup. Another student played the patient and "stabbed" the doctor's back with a fake knife made of paper.
Both students wore masks with a big cross on them. They remained motionless in the poses for about 10 minutes. Then they took off their masks, the patient gave the doctor a red carnation and they embraced.
It's a tradition in Western countries for patients to give red carnations to doctors to show respect and gratitude on March 30 every year, Doctor's Day.
"The big cross on the mask symbolizes the cause of the tragedy — the lack of communication between patients and doctors," said the 22-year-old student, surnamed Tang, who played the doctor.
Tang, a third-year college student majoring in clinical medicine, said that he was saddened by Wang'stragedy.
"I believe that most doctors care for patients and most patients believe in doctors," Tang said. "But we feel the need for better communication between doctors and patients."
Wang was killed on March 23.
Although the incident is still being investigated, Li confessed that he was unhappy with the treatment he had received at the hospital.
Li made repeated visits to the hospital before he was diagnosed with tuberculosis and a chronic formof arthritis that mainly affects the lower back. He was then told that he would need to get treatment at a specialist tuberculosis clinic before the hospital would treat his back. He left the hospital in a rage, only to return wielding a knife, attacking people at random.
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