A deranged former patient of an Astoria dialysis center walked into the clinic Monday and opened fire, critically wounding a nurse, police said.
The gunman, who fled the scene on foot, was apparently upset that he had been kicked out of the Western Queens Dialysis Center at 34-01 35th Ave. about four months ago, according to people at the scene.
A witness to the shooting, who did not want her name used, said the gunman was asked to leave the clinic because he repeatedly showed up with a large knife and threatened to one day return with a gun.
"He had mental problems," said the clinic employee. "He said he would come back with a gun and shoot everybody."
The gunman walked into the center just before 6 p.m. and fired at least six shots into the air, witnesses said.
One of the bullets from his .357 Magnum hit Eva Rashid, 41, a dialysis technician who lives blocks from the clinic, in the chest, police said.
After the shooting, the suspect bid polite goodbyes to the frightened dialysis patients, the witness said.
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I find it very disturbing to hear about this. If you can step back and look over what the Nursing Profession has turned into you will see that WE HAVE TO SMILE AT ALL COSTS, NOT VIOLATE ANY HIPPA VIOLATIONS IN FEAR OF OUR JOBS!! NOT RESPOND TO INAPPROPRIATE BEHAVIOR BY STAFF, ADMINISTRATION, AND OR PATIENTS. Our Nursing profession has become a hospitality realated industry. Many times I have seen nurses be called in because they didn't smile at a patients family member, or when there were too many visitors in a room disturbing other patients we asked quietly if they could be alittle less noisey. The nursing supervisors always ask WHAT you did NOT WHAT was the problem. This puts nursing always on the defence, It's better to just SMILE AWAY. Sad thought, but our patient satisfaction is what matters not our skill as PROFESSIONAL NURSES! 
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