The wife of a surgeon killed in a one-punch attack at a Melbourne hospital is suing its operator for allegedly failing to keep her husband safe. 9News
at a Melbourne hospital is suing its operator for allegedly failing to keep her husband safe.
Patrick Pritzwald-Stegmann, 41, was leaving work when Joseph Esmaili punched him in the jaw after being told to stop smoking at the Box Hill Hospital in May 2017. Dr Pritzwald-Stegmann died from catastrophic head injuries and Esmaili was last year jailed for manslaughter.The surgeon's widow, Christine Baumberg, is now suing Eastern Health claiming it was negligent in its duty to provide a safe workplace for Dr Pritzwald-Stegmann.
Esmaili, then 22, started arguing with the doctor after being told to stop smoking near the entrance of the hospital on May 30 that year.Dr Pritzwald-Stegmann's life support was turned off a month later.
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