The general director of Hospital Traumatological Doctor Dario Contreras, Cesar Roquecondemned the assault committed the afternoon of this Sunday, November 17 in the area of Emergency against the staff of health from the health center by a 28-year-old patient and his partner, both of Haitian nationality.
Through a note of pressDr. Roque explained that after receiving the patient and admitting him to the triage area, he and his wife began the assault to the medical and nursing staff who provided services and even threatened them with a knife, like a dagger, which the man managed to enter secretly.
“Due to the quick intervention of the hospital’s security personnel, the attackers were taken into custody, who took advantage of the arrival of a critical patient to flee.”Director of Darío Contreras
The center authorities notified the Police National and they maintain an active search for Haitian citizens to answer to justice for the acts committed.
The note does not specify what the condition of health of the patient for which medical care was warranted.
Witnesses of the made have shared audiovisual material from the moment of the altercation.