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Chinese Doctor Charged with Murder of Desi Yale Doctor

A doctor was charged Monday with fatally shooting a Yale University doctor and firing at the victim's pregnant wife after a history of confrontations with the victim and other colleagues that led to his dismissal from a New York hospital.

Branford police said 44-year-old Lishan Wang is charged with murder, attempted murder and firearms offenses in the fatal shooting Monday of Vajinder Toor outside his home. Police say Wang, a Chinese citizen from Beijing who was last known to be living in Marietta, Ga., also fired at Toor's wife, but she was not struck.

Wang is being held on $2 million bond. A message was left with an attorney representing him in a civil lawsuit.

Toor worked at Kingsbrook Jewish Medical Center in New York before joining Yale. Police are investigating whether Toor and the gunman had a dispute on the job, using information provided by the victim's wife, said Lt. Geoffrey Morgan.

“We're following a hypothesis that the victim and the assailant had some sort of negative interaction at a previous employer,” Morgan said, adding that police do not expect to make additional arrests.

Wang and Toor were involved in a confrontation a few years ago at Kingsbrook after Wang left his post at the intensive care unit and was not reachable for a few hours, according to a hospital employee who spoke on condition of anonymity because of the ongoing murder investigation. The employee said Toor reprimanded him and that Wang threatened Toor in front of other employees.

Wang filed a federal discrimination lawsuit last year against the hospital. He talks about a heated exchange with his supervisor in the hospital's residency program, “Dr. Vajinder,” in May, 2008 after Vajinder accused him of ignoring pages and calls from hospital staff.

“An hour after this heated discussion, Dr. Vajinder then accused Dr. Wang of threatening his safety by using hostile body language, although he did not summon security to assist him,” Wang's lawsuit states.

It is one of several allegations of anger and behavioral problems that Wang acknowledges he was cited for while in the program. In the lawsuit, he said he was unfairly labeled excitable, emotional and unable to control his anger.

Wang was suspended with pay on May 22, 2008, and notified by letter that the hospital had decided to propose firing him. He was told by the union that the hospital would only allow him to remain employed if he sought disability leave for mental impairment. He was fired in July.

On Monday, Toor was walking in the parking lot toward his car at Meadows condominiums, miles from the Ivy League campus, shortly before 8 a.m. when he was shot multiple times.

Wang was taken into custody on a traffic stop nearby after residents provided police with details about the suspect and his vehicle, police said.

Toor was a postdoctoral fellow at the Yale School of Medicine who was working with the infectious disease section of Yale-New Haven Hospital.

Yale Police Chief James Perrotti sent an e-mail to the university community — which was shaken in recent months by the killing of a graduate student in her lab building — saying Branford police told him the crime was not a random act and was unrelated to Yale.

Hersh Arora, a neighbor and family friend, said Toor's wife, Parneeta, had just waved goodbye to her husband and closed the door when she heard gunshots and ran outside. She saw her husband lying on the ground, saw a man with a gun and asked what he was doing.

The man started firing at her, so she hid behind a car, Arora said. A neighbor tried to perform CPR on Toor, Arora said.

The couple have a 3-year old-son, and Parneeta is five months pregnant, Arora said.

“She can't even cry in front of the kid,” Arora said. “She's trying to be brave.”

Wang's lawsuit claims injuries resulting from discrimination based on race, national origin and disability, and accuses the hospital of retaliation against him for investigating, disclosing and opposing the discrimination.

Wang disputes evaluations by human resources staff at Kingsbrook that he had behavioral problems and anger issues, saying he received favorable evaluations.

“Additionally, during the time period when some of his supervisors and KJMC Human Resources began to falsely characterize Dr. Wang as mentally impaired and suffering from ‘anger’ issues, Dr. Wang scored well on the “interpersonal skills sections of his evaluations with no mention of emotional or anger-related problems,” the lawsuit states.

Another doctor, Dr. Gealda Xavier, claimed Wang had yelled at her during a phone call. Wang responded by accusing the hospital of racism.

“Dr. Xavier is not Chinese and Dr. Wang had previously complained to his supervisors that she had treated him in a rude and abusive manner. Nothing was done to address Dr. Wang's complaint. However, the committee sided with Dr. Xavier, who is not Chinese, and inappropriately attributed the perceived problems with Dr. Wang's behavior to unspecified ‘family problems,” the lawsuit states.

Toor had immigrated from India after graduating in 2001 from the New Delhi Guru Govind Singh Medical College. He specialized in infectious diseases. He was described as a “really smart guy” and “very motivated” by Tim Rye, who has worked in the medical field with Toor, according to the New Haven Register.

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Associated Press writer Stephanie Reitz and Pat Eaton-Robb in Hartford contributed to this report

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纽约总领馆与王立山通电话王立山自述受歧视始末综合新闻

中国驻纽约总领事馆27日就王立山涉嫌枪杀印度裔前同事一案，与康州警方取得联络，确认了他的中国公民身分，循官方管道了解案情，侨务领事还与在押的王立山通了电话，告知他所享有的聘请律师和领事保护的权利。中领馆同时要求警方保障王立山作为嫌犯所享有的相关合法权益。

中国驻纽约代总领事董晓军27日对王立山枪击案件表示震惊，他表示正依照正式外交管道与当地警方沟通。他强调，王立山是中国公民，他所涉及的罪行要依照美国法律进行起诉和审判，但是嫌犯也有基本权利，希望警方给予保障。

王立山早在1990年代就从中国来美国留学，来美已逾十年，目前不是学生身分，持工作身分，仍持中国护照。根据王立山的说法，他之所以和纽约的「金斯布鲁克犹太医疗中心」结下梁子，主要就是因为他看不惯院内医生护士联手欺骗，相互袒护，甚至窜改病历，置病患福祉于不顾，在不断向主管提出抗议后，遭到不停的歧视与报复，最后被院方解职。但接受他诉愿的联邦单位经调查后，无法证实王立山的指控。

王立山医生在2008年6月向在纽约的联邦「平等就业机会委员会」(EEOC)提出诉愿，指责在纽约的「金斯布鲁克犹太医疗中心」(简称KJMC)对他歧视，当年7月他就被医疗中心开除。

EEOC在2009年5月回覆王立山，称未能找出医疗中心有歧视的行为，但建议他可在90天内向联邦法院提诉遭到歧视，由联邦陪审团来决定他是否遭中心歧视，医疗中心是否应赔偿，并且让他复职。

王立山立即在去年7月委请律师向纽约联邦东区法院提控，全案还在进行协调中，王立山等不及，决定自行采取激烈的报复行动。

根据纽约东区联邦法院文件显示，王立山指称他本人和其他华人医生在这家医疗中心的内科与急诊室工作，受尽主管的无理欺侮。不管有错没错，华人医生总是被主管要求撰写诊断报告，提出诊断的理由，而其他族裔的医生就都没事。

王立山在2006年7月1日到达KJMC进行为期一年的内科住院医生实习，同时加入工会。根据诉状，由于表现优异，院方续聘王立山。但在第二年后，根据王立山的说法，因为他认为其他医生对病患诊疗不足或不当，常常质问其他医生，院内主管、非华人医生、和职员都对他不满。

在长达23页的自诉状里，王立山历数他个人和他所知华人医生遭到歧视不公的事件。例如，在2008年，他不止一次看到院内主管、医生和护士篡改病历，掩饰错误。例如：一名应该有46小时化疗的病患，结果他看到护士不但偷懒，只做了六小时的化疗，更变更医生的处方规定。他说，他还看到护士强迫意识清醒的老年病患服用不必要的安眠药、强迫意识清醒的病人接受输血。他说，当他把这些情况上报时，竟无人理会。还有一次，他在急诊室目睹一名医生对病患处置不当，他向主管反应，结果被认为是精神有问题。

他在自诉状中至少提到两次与26日被杀害的印度裔医生图尔之间的冲突。他指控在2008年4月，担任医学部门总住院医师的图尔在一次早晨会议中，当众以言语侮辱两名华人医生。在个人病假上，王立山也说华人医生受到不公待遇。别的族裔医生生病请假或是有宗教假日休假，都没有问题，但华人医生因病请假就被主管百般刁难。根据自诉状，他在2008年3月13日与图尔医生发生争执。王立山在医院看诊时，感觉身体不适，向主管要求回家休息，但没有获准。到了下午，他感到发烧，主管还是不准他回家休息，叫他去急诊室看病。

住院总医师图尔到急诊室，命令值班医师对王立山验血和照X光。但看完病后，王立山还是不能回家。第二天他向院方提出抗议信，指责图尔不当介入医疗看诊。最后事件闹到院方人资单位。结果人资单位调查后，称王立山当时病情严重，误解图尔的话。王立山在诉状中指出，他此次突然察觉到院方正开始以他「精神有病」来看待他的申诉。

两个月后，图尔医生指责王立山不回覆呼叫与电话，而且都找不到他。王立山反驳说他当天都在医院加护病房工作，不可能找不到他。两人大吵，从急诊室一路吵到加护病房。图尔事后称王立山作势威胁他。但当时图尔并没有召集警卫到场。王立山当天被命令待在小房间中，不得离去，但也不能看诊，一直到当天9时。 2008年5月22日，院方通知王立山停职。

一年后，纽约联邦「平等就业机会委会员」在2009年5月8日回覆王立山的职场歧视提控，称院方提供各种证据，说明停职是基于「多次表现失职」(multiple performance problems )，院方也辩称院内半数以上是亚裔医生，而且有八名华人医生。 EEOC表示，经查，该单位难以(unable) 认定KJMC违反联邦职场的规定，建议王立山可在90天内另循法律途径提出对KJMC的民事告诉。