病人三年来拒绝出院,警方强制将他赶出医院

A court in Beijing ordered that the man,aged 55 and only known by his surname Chen, had to be removed from the hospital after living there for more than three years.

北京一家法院判决这名55岁的陈姓男子离开医院，他在医院里已经呆了三年多了。

But when police turned up to at the hospital yesterday afternoon, they discovered that he had chained himself tothe bed railings.

但是当警方昨天下午出现在医院里时，他们发现他用铁链把自己锁在了病床上。

Officers were then forced to cut the locks and remove a visibly distressed Mr Chen,who was still dressed in his hospital-issue pyjamas, and struggling with police.

警方剪掉了锁，并将看起来相当痛苦的陈先生带出了医院，他当时依然穿着医院的睡衣，并和警方挣扎。

Mr Chen was first admitted to the Beijing Jingmei Group Hospital in August 2011 to receive treatment for injuriessustained in a road traffic accident.

陈先生2011年8月份入住北京集美集团医院，以治疗交通事故中的伤势。

After being treated, he went home after a month but two months later returned complaining of pains in his left leg.

在接受治疗后，一个月后他回到了家里，但是两个月后又回到医院，抱怨说左腿疼。

Again doctors treated him after he wasdiagnosed with deep vein thrombosis and three months later said he was ready to go home.

医生再次治疗了他，他得的是深静脉血栓形成，住院三个月后，医生说他可以准备回家了。

But Mr Chen refused, saying he was in so much pain that he was unable to straighten out his legs. He said it was the hospital's responsibility to take care of him and refused to leave, even missing his son's wedding.

但是陈先生拒绝了，称他太痛苦了，根本无法伸直自己的脚。他说医院有责任照顾他，并且拒绝离开，甚至错过了自己儿子的婚礼。

The hospital stopped providing him with treatment in July 2012, after he was unable to pay any of his medical bills.

在他无力承担任何医疗费用后，医院从2012年7月份开始停止给他治疗。

They were then granted a court ordered earlier in the week to have Mr Chen forcibly removed from his hospital bed.

本周早些时候，法院判决将陈先生从医院移出。

It came after tests were carried out that showed he was healthy, even though he disputed this.

此前已经对他进行检查，结果表明他身体健康，尽管他有异议。

It is thought that he was taken back to his home in the Mentougou district of Beijing.

据称他被带回到北京门头沟家中。