By South China Morning Post | Created at 2024-11-17 10:14:57 | Updated at 2024-11-17 12:52:30
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A Chinese doctor has been condemned online after he tried to treat his girlfriend’s insomnia by administering anaesthesia more than 20 times in six hours, a move which tragically resulted in her death.
The medic, identified only by the surname Qu, is an anesthesiologist at an unnamed hospital in Jiajiang county, Leshan, Sichuan province, in southwestern China.
He met the victim, surnamed Chen, a pharmaceutical sales representative, through an online dating platform in the summer of 2022, according to Cover News.
Details about Qu’s medical qualifications and practical experience have not been disclosed.
After the couple established their relationship, Chen frequently asked Qu to administer propofol, a major anaesthesia, to her in hotels to help alleviate her insomnia, from September 2023 to March 2024, when the tragedy occurred.
On March 6, Qu gave nearly 1,300 mg of propofol in over 20 doses through Chen’s ankle over six hours from 11 pm to 5 am the following day.
