Doctors vs. patients: the fights should be against bad systems, not against each other
This article examines the growing trend of violence against medical professionals in India, arguing that systemic failures in the healthcare infrastructure are the root cause. It suggests that patient frustration is often misdirected at doctors rather than the overburdened public health system.
Why it matters
Addressing doctor-patient violence is critical for maintaining functional healthcare systems and ensuring the safety of essential medical staff.
On July 6, in Dombivli, Maharashtra, a Shiv Sena corporator named Ramesh Mhatre walked into a municipal hospital with a group of supporters over a dispute about a NICU bed. CCTV caught him striking a female doctor. A male resident at the same hospital was beaten badly enough that he and four staff members resigned rather than keep working without, in his words, any assurance of security or respect. Before his arrest, Mhatre said he didn’t care about anything except that he’d saved a mother and child, and accused the doctor of being arrogant.
Somewhere in that sentence is the whole disease.
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