DHAKA: A hospital in China has been bulldozed while still in use, reportedly causing doctors inside to flee and burying six bodies from its morgue under rubble, state media say.

The Number Four Hospital of Zhengzhou University in Henan province was partially demolished on Thursday amid a land dispute.

Hospital staff told reporters equipment worth over $600,000 was damaged, reports the BBC.

The case has sparked outrage in China, where forced demolitions are common.

Doctors told local media that several men in camouflage uniforms showed up at the hospital, in Huiji district, on Thursday, and began bulldozing the building.

Liu Chunguang, director of the hospital's radiology department, said he was examining a patient when the demolition took place.

"A gaping hole appeared - the patient was half-scared to death, and ran out."

Meanwhile, hospital official Yuan Fang said that radiology equipment had been damaged and the hospital had had to suspend its activities, forcing many patients to switch hospitals.

BDST:  0954 HRS, JAN 8, 2016
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