Normal 0 false false false EN-IN X-NONE KN Yes; we are debating, quite fiercely! How to prevent people from attacking doctors? By legislation? By police action? By employing bouncers? Or by not allowing our children from getting into this profession?! We are scientific people!
We detest quacks who treat on symptomatic basis. We seek an etiology, establish a pathogenetic scale and intervene at appropriate level using best of our discretion. Its all when we treat the ailmets of others. But, when it comes to tackling a serious question of our own safety, we never try to get into etiology; we are simply offering solutions at preventive level, damage control and rehabilitation! The question that we need to ask and answer ourselves is, "Why are people attacking doctors?" Didn't people attack doctors in the past too? Yes; but the incidents were extremely rare. Most of the times such attackers…
