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An elderly man died after another patient allegedly beat him to death with a cane in a Queensland hospital ward, detectives say.
Police launched an investigation after the 84-year-old victim was allegedly attacked by another patient in his 70s on March 24.
The elderly man is believed to have been attacked while sleeping in a hospital bed in a ward shared with his attacker at Hervey Bay Hospital, 300 kilometers north of Brisbane.
He died two days later from his injuries, on March 26.
An elderly man died after another patient beat him to death with a cane in a Queensland hospital ward, detectives say.
“Initial investigations indicate that a man allegedly assaulted an 84-year-old Torquay man with a cane on March 24,” a police spokesperson said. courier mail.
Police are investigating witness reports that the man who carried out the violent assault was a dementia patient in hospital.
Police continue to investigate the circumstances of the incident and no charges have been filed.