The National Secretory of the IMA's Hospital Board of India during a panel discussion claimed that 40% of Indian doctors experience some or the other form of violence in their professional life. He stated that 55-60% of resident doctors and 30-40% doctors in private practice are victims. During a panel discussion ‘Violence Against Doctors’ organized by Centre for Management of Health Services (CMHS), IIM he said, “While there are laws for protection of doctors in 19 Indian states, in past three years there has been only one conviction last year.
As the provision of imprisonment is up to three years, the offenders get bail immediately - defeating the purpose of the law.” The experts in the panel also said that there is need to identify why these attacks take place and also stressed on the need for better communication and engagement with relatives of the patient. Some panel members also…
