An Irkutsk resident attacked local hospital staff with a knife and pepper spray.

The deputy chief physician and secretary of Clinical Hospital No. 8 were hospitalized in serious condition, the governor reported. Irkutsk region Igor Kobzev.

The attacker has already been detained. The reason for his decision to commit this crime is being investigated. The Investigative Committee has opened a criminal case against the Irkutsk resident for the attempted murder of two or more people.

"Doctors are supposed to save patients by any means necessary, but they're completely unprotected from lunatics and murderers. Where's the justice?" "Where was the security at the hospital entrance?" "Do something about healthcare, stop optimizing." — local residents expressed their opinion on social networks.

There were also those who had been to Hospital No. 8: "This happens when people are driven to despair," "It's terrible, but it's crucial to know the cause. From experience, the doctors at this hospital aren't angels. They send people home half-dead and bedridden right at the entrance to the emergency room."