Medical shock in Vienna: Violence against doctors achieves new dimensions!
Medical shock in Vienna: Violence against doctors achieves new dimensions!
A shocking picture is revealed from the current surveys among doctors in Vienna: Violence against medical staff is alarming everyday life. Dr. is particularly affected Naghme Kamaleyan smith, general practitioner in Vienna, who reports about threats to murder and says: "Patients spit, scream or threaten-and that is becoming increasingly common." The attacks on doctors are not only verbal: In a survey, 37 % of Viennese doctors stated that violence was regularly affected, while 16 % suffered physical attacks, according to "today".
These frightening numbers were confirmed by the Medical Association, which emphasizes that 55 % of the 1,102 doctors surveyed had been confronted with verbal violence at least once in the past two years, and 24 % psychological violence, as "the press" reported. Long waiting times and overcrowded practices lead to an increase in aggression, which primarily assume patients and their relatives. 71 % of doctors notice a general increase in aggression in society.
politics required
The situation is worrying: more than half of the respondents already suffer from psychological uncertainty, and 68 % of doctors urgently require measures against violence at work. Medical Association President Johannes Steinhart made it clear that in addition to increasing cash discounts, it is also necessary to protect health facilities. Politicians have to act to create a non-violent work environment, warns Steinhart, together with its vice presidents Kamaleyan-Schmied and Natalja Haninger-Vacariu.
The mass of medical attacks is now often directed against practice staff, according to the Kamaleyan smith. Employers must recognize the seriousness of the situation and offer preventive measures such as de -escalation seminars in order to give the doctors strategies better to deal with conflicts better. "Aggression and violence must not have a place in our ordinations and hospitals," is the clear appeal of the specialists - a call that could not be more haunting.
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