Chinese care home worker cuts off four patients’ testicles after they didn’t share their meatball stew with him

  • Wang Fan, 46, described as mentally disabled but given a job at care home
  • He was not paid but given a place to sleep and allowed to eat leftovers
  • However, he was furious after patients ate dinner but didn't leave him any
  • In revenge the care worker took a razor and cut off their testicles

By Tara Brady

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A Chinese care worker cut off four patients' testicles because they didn't share their meatball stew with him, it has been claimed.

Wang Fan, 46, who was described as mentally disabled, was given a job helping to feed and clean at the care home in north-eastern China's Heilongjiang Province. 

Although he was not paid, he was given a place to sleep and was allowed to eat the food left over after the patients had been fed.

Medical staff treat two of the patients whose testicles were cut off during an attack by their care worker

Medical staff treat two of the patients whose testicles were cut off during an attack by their care worker

However, he was apparently furious after the patients were given a meatball casserole and ate the lot, meaning there was none left over for the hungry care worker.

Furious at the treatment, he had extracted revenge on four of the patients in his care before he was
finally discovered and stopped by other staff.

Police said that he tied down the men and used a razor blade to cut off their testicles in the attack at the end of last week.

Victim Chi Liang, 62, said: 'I thought he was tying me down because of some medical procedure but then I realised actually something was wrong and I yelled and screamed, but nobody came.'

Recovering: One of the patients who was attacked by his care worker in China's Heilongjiang Province

Recovering: One of the patients who was attacked by his care worker in China's Heilongjiang Province

Liang and another man, aged 70, lost both their testicles and two others, aged 81 and 53, lost one
testicle each. 

Police said that the attacker had been drinking and added that he had reportedly planned to cook and eat the testicles, which as well as being food he also thought had medicinal properties.

The case has illustrated poor management at some of China's nursing homes, which are troubled by
insufficient funding and personnel despite rising demand from an ageing population.

The case has illustrated poor management at some of China's nursing homes which are understaffed

The case has illustrated poor management at some of China's nursing homes which are understaffed

The publicly owned care home where the tragedy happened is home to 165 people, all either impoverished rural elders or mentally handicapped.

Local reporters visiting the site found the rooms crowded and smelly.

Many patients had not bathed for months, and the standard of care was so poor that the fourth victim aged 70 was only discovered a day later after being left in his bloodstained bed after the incident.

All four of the injured men are out of danger but remain hospitalised.

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