Abstract
The WHO formally declared the novel coronavirus severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) outbreak a pandemic on 11 March 2020 with the publication of public health guidelines to guide...
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AND HEALTHCARE WORKERS The violence against doctors and other medical personnel has increased over the past few decades, with up to 75% doctors facing this during their practice in India.[8]
Government hospitals in India are inundated in such public health crisis with lack of adequate facilities, equipment and infrastructure are other quoted reasons
The situation is being made more difficult as health units and professionals in some government hospitals highlight shortage of protective equipment (PPE) but do receive hostile response from hostile hospital administration.[9]
Summary
AND HEALTHCARE WORKERS The violence against doctors and other medical personnel has increased over the past few decades, with up to 75% doctors facing this during their practice in India.[8]. The reasons for violence against healthcare workers may vary from fear, anxiety, panic, misinformation (as to how the SARS CoV-2 virus outbreak may spread and affect individuals), mistrust and misplaced quotes in the social-media.[11] Government hospitals in India are inundated in such public health crisis with lack of adequate facilities, equipment and infrastructure are other quoted reasons.
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