Citation

Kumar R, Roy P. J. Family Med. Prim. Care 2019; 8(11): 3457-3460.

Affiliation

Chairperson, Primary Care and Public Health Policy Forum, Academy of Family Physicians of India, India.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2019, Medknow Publications)

DOI

10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_896_19

PMID

31803635

PMCID

PMC6881958

Abstract

Doctors in India are facing violent-acts against them, and there is an increasing trend in recent years, leading to a Public Health Riot-like scenario in India. There are reports of a doctor being murdered, thrashed, beaten, injured, handicapped, harassed, threatened, and socially maligned with news of demeaning messages spreading such as wild-fire through social media and news channels. More alarming is that common people are justifying the acts of killing, beating, and provoking others to do more such acts, thereby triggering a vicious cycle. Most of them get away without any legal proceedings being instituted against them. A recent incidence of grievous injury to the junior doctor at NRS Medical College, Kolkata, drew National and International attention. More recently, a retired senior doctor volunteering part-time at a tea estate of Assam was killed by a mob. The authors call for action and earliest resolution of this issue with active involvement of all stakeholders.

Copyright: © 2019 Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care.

Language: en

Keywords

Healthcare violence; mob lynching; protection and safety of healthcare workers; protection of medical establishments