A doctor in his 50s was brutally stabbed by a patients suspected of having mental health issues – police were quick to arrest the patient who smiled as he was taken away
A doctor has been brutally attacked while treating a patient at a hospital A&E unit.
The doctor in his 50s survived being stabbed with a huge knife in the early hours of Tuesday, May 26. Met Police officers were already at Hillingdon Hospital in West London dealing with a separate incident when they were notified about the shocking attack.
Police dragged the 27-year-old attacker away and arrested him on suspicion of attempted murder and grievous bodily harm.
A witness in the unit said he saw the suspect attacking the doctor on the floor in a corridor with. He said the suspect used a “big knife” to carry out the attack.
“He was smirking while he was stabbing him,” the witness said.
“The police were there in less than a minute when they got him and walked him past me, the bloke smiled at me.”
The attacker is suspected to have mental health issues.
The doctor underwent treatment for his wounds at the hospital.
Police said the his condition “has been deemed not to be life-threatening or life-changing.”
The Met Police asked anyone with information to call 101 quoting CAD 926/25May.
A Hillingdon Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust spokesperson said: “We continue to support and reassure our staff following this incident.”
“The safety and well-being of our staff is our highest priority and any form of violence or aggression towards our teams is unacceptable.”
Violence against A&E nursing staff in England has doubled in the five years up to 2024 with 4,054 acts of violence recorded against staff. This equates to just over 11 incidents per day.
