When violence occurs in hospitals

Local studies reveal that healthcare staff working in the Emergency Department face a significantly higher risk of violent behaviour, compared to their colleagues in other departments. — Photos: Filepic

The objective of any patient who goes to a hospital, is to seek care for their medical condition(s).

The recent report of such a patient requiring emergency surgery after he was stabbed by another patient in the Emergency Department of a public hospital has brought into focus the fact that the issue of violence in healthcare facilities has to yet to be addressed.