Story By: Alex Cope, Sub Editor: Joseph Golder, Agency: Newsflash

Newsflash

This is the moment a hospital medic is stabbed in the chest by the enraged husband of a patient as she waits for test results.

The shocking incident took place in the private Salvatus hospital in the Mooca area of the city of Sa Paulo in the southeastern Brazilian state of the same name.

In the video, the doctor, a GP who is 29 years old but has not been named in reports, can be seen grabbing a piece of paper out of a woman’s hand when a man suddenly sprints towards them.

The man, identified in reports as the 45-year-old husband of an unnamed patient, stabs the doctor in the chest before sprinting away.

The doctor falls to the floor as other medical staff rush to his aid while another camera angle shows the aggressor running away through the waiting room.

The doctor had to undergo emergency surgery before being taken to the Intensive Care Unit in a serious condition. Local media report his life is at risk from the injuries he sustained.

The aggressor reportedly managed to flee the hospital and police are searching for him on suspicion of attempted homicide.

The aggressor’s wife reportedly told police that she often went to the doctor who was stabbed to be treated for stomach problems and had also received treatment at the hospital for a tumour in her head.

She said that on the night of the incident she had undergone tests and was waiting for the results. Her husband had then gone to the doctor because of the wait to find out what was happening. She said she did not see the stabbing but saw her husband running away.

The search for the aggressor is ongoing.

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