Doctor Wolf from Beijing Medical University was sentenced to 1 year and 2 months in prison for touching a female patient's private parts while anesthesia was still on during a gastroscopy.

A female patient went to the Taipei Medical University Affiliated Hospital for a gastroscopy under general anesthesia. Doctor Lin touched her lower body when she was recovering from anesthesia and was unconscious. Schematic diagram. (Taken from the official website of Beijing Medical University)

[Reporter Zhang Wenchuan/Report from Taipei] Lin Chaoshun, the former chief physician of the Department of Anesthesiology at Taipei Medical University Hospital, was accused during his tenure of taking advantage of a female patient undergoing a gastroscopy under general anesthesia and touching her private parts while she was recovering from anesthesia and was unconscious. Lin argued that he was just "troubling her to cover her up" that day. He once admitted the crime but overturned it. In both the first and second trials, Lin was sentenced to 1 year and 2 months in prison for taking advantage of the crime of indecency. The Supreme Court rejected Lin's appeal and upheld the 1 year and 2 months in prison.

The female patient went to the Affiliated Hospital of Taipei Medical University for a painless gastroenteroscopy on the morning of November 25, 2022. Lin Chaoshun performed medium-deep general anesthesia. After the examination, the patient was sent to the recovery room. He lay on his left side and waited for the anesthesia to wear off. However, he felt abnormal stimulation in his lower body while he was in a daze.

The female patient opened her eyes and saw a male doctor wearing a white robe, glasses, with sparse hair, about 50 to 60 years old, and about 178 centimeters tall, standing outside the curtain. The female patient was in a panic. Even if she was awake, she could only respond mechanically to the nurse's questions without informing her accompanying family members.

The next day, she complained to Beijing Medical University about being harassed by Lin Nan. After receiving the report, Beijing Medical University launched an investigation and decided to punish Lin Nan for one major offense, suspend clinical practice for three months, remove her from her supervisory position, prohibit her from holding supervisory or clinical teaching-related positions for one year, and ban her from serving in inspection units.

During the prosecutor's investigation, Lin argued that he was "just covering up Girl A so that she wouldn't catch a cold." He put his right hand close to her leg and may have touched her body. He claimed that he had no frivolous intentions, and counter-accused the other party of threatening to take money and making false accusations. The defense lawyer argued that Girl A demanded huge compensation, but during the trial he changed the claim that he had been penetrated by fingers, and his words were inconsistent.

After appearing in court for the first trial of the criminal case last year, Ms. A said that she was physically and mentally traumatized by Mr. Lin's lawyer's questioning of details in court. She complained to her appointed lawyer in the early morning of August 4 and then swallowed pills with the intention of committing suicide. Fortunately, her lawyer immediately reported the case and saved her life.

The first instance of the North Hospital found that Mr. Lin took advantage of others' danger and caused serious physical and mental harm to patients in medical institutions, destroying the trust of doctors and patients. He had a bad attitude, pleaded not guilty and failed to reconcile. However, because there was a lack of evidence to prove that his fingers invaded the vagina, he was sentenced to one year and two months in prison for taking advantage of the situation and was not given a suspended sentence.

After appeal, the High Court rejected the appeal in May 2026 and upheld the first instance judgment. Lin was dissatisfied and appealed. After hearing the case, the Supreme Court held that the second instance judgment was correct and dismissed the appeal.

As for the civil part, the female patient requested compensation of 4.24 million yuan. The first-instance judge still found that Mr. Lin had taken advantage of the opportunity to engage in obscene behavior and awarded more than 1.18 million yuan in compensation. In October this year, the second-instance high court upheld the compensation payable at more than 1.18 million yuan.