Published 10 April 2023 at 09.19
Domestic. An Afghan man risks deportation after ripping off large sections of the hair of a female doctor at the University Hospital in Uppsala.
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The doctor is a woman in her 40s who works in adult psychiatry at the University Hospital.
In mid-March, she was attacked by the 29-year-old Afghan. The patient, who suddenly went on the attack inside a consultation room, threw the female doctor over, hit her and tore her hair.
She received, among other things, an eight by eight centimeter spot on her head where the hair had been torn away , bruises, a wound on the lip and fluid near the lungs and heart.
A colleague finally managed to remove the man and call for help, writes Expressen.
The Afghan is now charged with aggravated assault and theft, and the prosecutor demands that he be deported.
He denies the assault but admits to the theft at NK in Stockholm. He refers that he does not remember the incident at the hospital clearly and states that he was in a state of psychosis.
According to Uppsala Nya Tidning, the union at the hospital has long complained about the safety deficiencies, such as problems with staff alarms and lack of escape routes. Managers at psychiatry are said to have had talks with the security department and the union after the violent attack.
The Afghan man has been released pending trial.