While recent events brought to light show the violence against doctors in India, the scenario is the same in China too. Chinese doctors too, face violence on an everyday basis and the profession has become a life threatening one.<\/p>\n
“Last October, Dr. Wang Yunjie was stabbed to death, and two other doctors were wounded by a 30cm blade wielded by a patient angry about the outcome of his nasal surgery.”<\/p>\n
More recently, a young doctor who had treated a patient for excessive alcohol consumption, was abused by a mob that included the patient\u2019s family.<\/p>\n
They yelled, \u201cThat\u2019s the doctor who killed the patient.\u201d<\/p>\n
Reacting to the incident, a netizen wrote,<\/p>\n
\u201cIf my child dare choose medicine as his or her major, I would break their legs.\u201d<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n
These are just a few among the regularly occurring violence against doctors.<\/p>\n
Statistics are turning worse over the years <\/b><\/p>\n The causes for such scenario are complex and intertwined.<\/strong><\/p>\n The lack of safety, increased risk to one\u2019s own life and the work conditions are discouraging students from taking up medicine.<\/p>\n A Chinese medical student wrote in the English medical journal the Lancet,<\/i><\/p>\n \u201cI regret very much having chosen to study medicine\u201d<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n The profession has been mired by the disrespect and injustice shown towards it. At an annual meeting in Beijing, it was suggested that China should establish a Doctor\u2019s Day to increase public respect for the profession. But, the safety of doctors is a more immediate concern that needs stricter action.<\/p>\n What does the Chinese doctor attacks have to do with us <\/b><\/p>\n If we look closely at the possible reasons behind escalating tensions in China, almost all of the scenarios exist in India.<\/p>\n Overworked and underpaid doctors, more inclusive insurance driven healthcare policy, private sector dominating with diminishing public spending and many more things makes India just following Chinese way.<\/p>\n \u201cA complete overhaul in policy decisions are required to avoid the present situation escalating\u00a0into a major conflict.\u201c<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" While recent events brought to light show the violence against doctors in India, the scenario is the same in China too. Chinese doctors too, face violence on an everyday basis and the profession has become a life threatening one. “Last October, Dr. Wang Yunjie was stabbed to death, and two other doctors were wounded by […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":698,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-697","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\n\n
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