On May 28, the resident doctors of government-run Sanjay Gandhi Memorial Hospital in Delhi went on an indefinite strike after a mob held hostage a paediatrician and attacked doctors who tried to come to his rescue.
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Posted by Medicos United on Tuesday, May 29, 2018
This is not an isolated incident
On May 25, an orthopaedic student was beaten up by a patient’s relatives at the Civil Hospital, Ahmedabad.
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A patient was brought in critical condition yesterday and was taken in OT for emergency surgery by Orthopaedic Department, Civil Hospital, Ahmedabad. Sadly patient expired in the OT. Four relatives entered the OT forcefully & abused the doctors. They also Beat up one orthopaedic student. All while security guards and police were watching. My friends have informed me that all residents of civil hospital are on strike today. OT is a sterile area. No one other than operating doctor and supportive staff should be allowed entry. What If other patients in OT get infected? Who will be responsible? Doctors?How can doctors operate patients if they are scared that someone will force they way in their OT and beat them up?
Posted by Assault on Doctors on Friday, May 25, 2018
On May 20, a doctor at a private hospital in Jaipur was attacked by a patient’s family and friends
On May 19, two resident doctors were beaten by a patient’s relative in Mumbai’s JJ hospital.
1.Mohammed Sheikh2.Sanaullah3.Rihan4.Samila These are the four who assaulted doctors at Mumbai’s JJ Hospital. Police has arrested them. They are relatives of a deceased patient Zaida Sheikh.Watch the video to know how brutal they were, hope they are punished severely. pic.twitter.com/cee6hVvYwO
— Singh Varun (@singhvarun) May 20, 2018
On May 11, doctors took part in a silent march to protest against the attacks on doctors, the latest being the assault on a doctor in Uttarpara
On April 6, a senior resident doctor at Delhi government’s Sushrut Trauma Centre was beaten up by a patient’s relatives
On March 25, a mob assaulted doctors at the DY Patil hospital in Pune.
On February 27, two resident doctors were assaulted by a patient’s kin at the Delhi government’s biggest medical institute, Maulana Azad Medical College (MAMC).
There are many more such incidents just in 2018.
Are these doctors guilty of negligence?
We have all encountered doctors who were lax with their duties but, generalising a whole profession as negligent or violently attacking them is not the answer. These doctors who are getting brutally and mercilessly assaulted are usually Junior Residents. A Junior Resident is a 20-something youth, who first managed to get through the competitive MBBS entrance exam, then spent five and a half years pursuing the MBBS degree, then after clearing one more exam, gets posted as a resident. As a resident, his or her duties and responsibilities are numerous. Apart from working 36 hours shifts, a JR has to study for his own exams.
A Junior Resident working at a renowned private hospital in Delhi said to The Logical Indian, “We understand the pain of the patient’s family and friends. We don’t even blame them for their anger, but it is misplaced. There are bad apples in every profession, but what about the rest of the doctors who have sacrificed so much. The government hospitals have a serious lack of infrastructure, and the private hospitals are run like money-making machines. The money ends up in the hands of the hospital administration, while the doctors who are trying their best to save lives, even at the cost of their own health, face the brunt of the anger.“
He adds, “The need of the hour is a monitoring body which can implement disease or situation based protocols and penalise those who don’t adhere to the protocols. As of now, hospital accreditation in case of private hospitals is based on infrastructure, but there is a lot of ambiguity and outdated information floating around when it comes to disease-situation handling. We need to build people’s trust in doctors again.”
A single mistake can be the difference between life and death. Suppose, due to a mistake or mere circumstance, a patient dies. That death will haunt the doctor for the rest of his life, although s/he has to carry on working because there are many more lives which still can be saved.
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