An ongoing study by the Indian Medical Association (IMA) has revealed that over 75% doctors have faced violence at work. According to experts, the police and hospital administration need to take the issue of doctors' security seriously, ensuring that offences are registered under the Doctors Protection Act whenever assaults on them take place. Resident doctors in state - and civic-run hospitals are vulnerable to such attacks because, in cases of emergency, they are the first to see to patients. Executive committee member and IMA office-bearer Dr Shivkumar Utture said, "The problem is that relatives of patients have become fearless.
Those who assault doctors have realised that no police action will be taken against them. Not a single person known to have attacked a doctor has been convicted yet and this has led to lawlessness among them. The police needs to set a deterrent, only then…
