Madrid, 22 mar (EFE).-the last year doctors suffered a total of 496 assaults by patients or their relatives, 9.2 percent more than in 2010, and 72 percent of them ended up on complaint.
These are some of the data of the Observatory of aggression of the College medical organisation (WTO), dice released today, and set out in the acts of violence that physicians face in the exercise of their profession, collected through the 52 officers medical colleges, representing a collective of 225,000 professionals.
The representatives of doctors believe that the figures are only “the tip of the iceberg” of what is happening.
The WTO not attributed the increase in assaults cuts occurring in some autonomous communities, but rather to the “disagreement” between the expectations of the patient and what your doctor offers.
And said the President of this organization, Juan José RodrÃguez SendÃn, who, however, has warned that adjustments “will not help, at least to the first who should give the face, which are family doctors”.
Is precisely this collective suffering more attacks: 57% of cases occurred in primary care and 13% in MRSA emergency.
By autonomous communities, and in absolute terms, the largest number of attacks occurred in Andalusia (26%), followed by Madrid and Valencia (14% in both) and Catalonia (11%).
However, if violations are quantified by every 1,000 collegiate, which gives “a more realistic vision” of the situation, Extremadura is leading the ranking, ahead of AndalucÃa and Castilla y León, the Secretary general of the WTO, SerafÃn Romero explained.
By provinces, Segovia is that recorded more attacks for every 1,000 optional, followed by Badajoz and Ãvila. In the opposite end, Basque country, Cantabria and Asturias.
Coordinator of the Observatory of the aggressions, José Alberto Becerra, has insisted on the importance of raising awareness to society and public administrations of the situation.
“We will not allow any aggression to any of our members”, has warned the doctor Becerra, who explained that contacts with the Prosecutor’s offices are gearing up to try to unify criteria and that offenders receive punishment appropriate.
SendÃn stated that the actions of the Prosecutor’s offices are not uniform and has considered that the solution would be that the General State Prosecutor’s Office issued an instruction in this regard.
“call that the aggressor not leave free attack”, underlined the Chairman of the WTO.
El doctor Becerra has ensured that sentences are being produced and reminded that recently issued a ruling in Barcelona which included imprisonment for the perpetrator.
For doctor RodrÃguez SendÃn, “a doctor attacked is a humiliated doctor needing a rehabilitation treatment”.
The report emphasizes that men are attacked to a greater extent than women, although in a light manner: 53% to 47%.
The public sector remains which records more attacks, with 89 per cent of cases, while the remaining 11%, percentage that has increased respect to 2010 (9%) have been in private health.
Age, doctors who have suffered more acts of violence are between 46 and 55 years, with 44 per cent of cases, followed by the 36 to 45 age group, with 26%. Older than 66 years only received 1%.
According to the report, 22 per cent of the attacked presented injuries. The rest were verbal or intimidation.
Thereon, doctor SendÃn has underlined that “intimidation is tremendous though there is no physical aggression”.
On the profile of the aggressor, 56% is of patients without background; 18% have an organic disease; 17% has a psychiatric history and the remaining 9% is related to drug.
28% Of offenders are family members of the patient; 27% are patients programmed (by appointment); 26% are not scheduled; and 19% are not regular users of the Centre where the aggression occurs.
As to the causes, 38% are caused by discrepancies in health care, 13% by not prescribed the medication proposed by the patient and 8 per cent by the time served.
El doctor SendÃn has recognized the suffering that suffers from a patient in waiting list, but has considered that “do not justify violence”.
According to the report, 8% of attacked doctors it had previously been.
