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Patient allegedly set on fire at Prince of Wales Hospital Randwick

A patient at Sydney's Prince of Wales Hospital allegedly doused fellow patients in petrol and set one alight in what police are treating as a murder attempt.

Randovan Banic said he was in his hospital bed when a fellow patient doused him in petrol and “lit me up” at Sydney’s Prince of Wales Hospital.

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What happened

A 48-year-old man in the spinal ward of Prince of Wales Hospital in Randwick allegedly poured petrol on three patients and ignited a lighter on Tuesday night.

The detail

Victim Randovan Banic, 54, suffered burns across his body but is in stable condition after nurses quickly extinguished the flames.

What it means

The accused, Raymond James Dungay, faces two counts of attempted murder and is expected to undergo mental health assessments while under police guard.

Full story at SMH.com.au

What readers are saying

ChineseAusZhen
The health minister mentioned an urgent review into the circumstances, but patients in a spinal ward rely entirely on staff for protection. It is deeply concerning that petrol could be brought inside in a drink bottle.
LeedervillJas
deeply distressing news
CoastalRod
The fact that the flame didn't catch on the first two patients before igniting Banic's body raises a practical question about what changed between those attempts and the third. Whether it's the accelerant application, clothing type, or pure chance, that detail matters for understanding how a ward environment failed to prevent someone carrying petrol in a drink bottle from getting near vulnerable patients in the first place.
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