There has been a recent deplorable spurt of cases of violence against doctors, paramedics and hospitals by disgruntled upset relatives. Such acts are unacceptable and absolutely condemnable. A profession that puts itself at the forefront of selfless-comprehensive service of those in pain, is today being humiliated, physically hurt and maligned by the same society that the profession is serving. Every hospital is like a war zone.
There is tremendous pressure on doctors to fight severe disease in compromised patients and at times to be the harbinger of bad news This makes him/her very vulnerable. If doctors start getting scared of physical harm – they will just start refusing critical patients Doctors undergo emotional trauma every time a patient dies. This has nothing to do with the attitude of the relatives. The fact that the human life of someone under their care is snuffed out in…
