Maternal and Child Hospital of Malaga.
A second-year resident of Gynecology has been the last health professional to suffer a aggression in Malaga. As denounced by the College of Physicians of the province, last Saturday, March 19, a patient would have sneaked into the consultation of the doctor in training, demanding to be served and smashing the computer of the sanitary
The events occurred around 8:00 p.m. at the facilities of the Maternal and child Hospitalwhen faced with the refusal of the doctor, who told her that she had to wait her turn, the woman reacted in aggressive and violent manner and smashed the surgery’s computer, causing material damage.
Given these facts, the College of Physicians of Malaga has made available to the resident its legal teaminforming you of the procedures to carry out after being the victim of coercion, a crime defined in the penal code.
Likewise, from the College of Physicians of Malaga, its president Peter Navarro, has highlighted that “we are witnessing a worrying escalation of aggressions in consultations. Although in this case it was not a physical or verbal aggression, but we are facing coercion. These situations cannot be allowed. We are here to help, to cure our patients. It is inadmissible and we will continue to raise our voices until the violence in the consultations stops.”
What to do in the event of an attack on a toilet?
The College of Physicians has a Urgent Care Telephone (TAU) for cases of aggression that is operational from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. every day of the year (including Sundays and holidays). On the other side of the telephone line, the victim is assisted by the College’s legal team.
Outside these hours, it is recommended to call 091 where assistance has improved thanks to the creation of health police interlocutors, agents specialized in this type of crime.
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