Chinese Man Sentenced to Death for Hospital Rampage

A court in eastern China on Monday sentenced to death a man who went on a rampage in a hospital and killed a doctor because he was unhappy with the results of an operation on his nose, state media said.   The case of Lian Enqing in wealthy Zhejiang province underscored difficulties in tackling violence in a sector plagued by corruption, with hospitals overwhelmed by patients and doctors badly paid.   Lian, 33, had gone looking last October for the doctor who treated him at the...

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