An interventional radiologist was left bloodied and unconscious following an unprovoked attack in Portland, Oregon, according to reports published this week.
Mary Costantino, MD, had just left a bar with a friend after 10:30 p.m. on July 28 when an unidentified man approached them. The attacker hit her in the face with an aluminum water bottle.
The physician said there had been no confrontation leading up to the incident, nor signs of danger. Constantino credited her friend, who yelled at the attacker, for saving her from further harm.
“Had it not been for this person being with me, it would have, I think, been a lot worse," Costantino said.
The Portland Police Bureau confirmed the incident, calling it an “unprovoked and brutal attack.”
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Marty Stempniak has covered healthcare since 2012, with his byline appearing in the American Hospital Association's member magazine, Modern Healthcare and McKnight's. Prior to that, he wrote about village government and local business for his hometown newspaper in Oak Park, Illinois. He won a Peter Lisagor and Gold EXCEL awards in 2017 for his coverage of the opioid epidemic.