Doctors wear helmets outside AIIMS during a protest to highlight lack of security for doctors in New Delhi. “Doctors and medical staff are physically assaulted, hospital property is damaged and the lives of other patients are put at risk,” he adds. Agitated friends and relatives accompanying patients, who feel dissatisfied with services provided, are perpetrators of violence against doctors in most cases. The article, however, warns that “violence against doctors, perpetrated by escorts of patient, is a sign of a deeper systemic failure”. ‘Long working hours’“But so are the medical staff,” Dr Chauksey says, adding that “long working hours, acute staff and infrastructure shortage, and ever-increasing patient load adds to our woes”.

Source: The Hindu March 11, 2018 19:54 UTC