A dispute with his eye doctor motivated Bao Jihou to ignite explosives in mid-November in the 3rd People's Hospital in Chongqing, northwest China.
Police here said the November 14 blast in the ophthalmic department of the hospital killed five people, including Bao himself and his doctor, Li Mingsu, and injured 35 others.
Bao, 55, was a villager in Linshui County in southwest China's Sichuan Province. He was diagnosed by Li as having a detached retina, and was hospitalized in neighboring Chongqing Municipality.
Dissatisfied with the results of his eye operation, Bao argued with Li and vowed revenge. He wrote in a letter left to his family that he planned to filesuit against Li "in the nether world."
Police concluded after an investigation that Bao put nitramine explosives on the fifth floor of the hospital, where Li worked.
(People's Daily December 12, 2001)
