2024-01-17 21:18:30

A group of rural doctors who work in Zapatoca, Santander, reported that they have received several death threats by email.

The complaint from a group of rural doctors who work in Zapatoca, Santander, regarding the threats that they would be receiving by mail electronic since January 15.

However, this matter escalated following a doctor was stabbed in the parking lot of the medical center on the morning of Wednesday, January 17.

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His colleagues did not take long to denounce the harassment and violent threats that threaten their integrity on social networks. In fact, the organization ‘SOS Médicos SSO’, which defends the doctors’ rights rural, shared the complaint.

“The SSO medical staff of Zapatoca, Santander, rejects any act of violence once morest us. “We have been harassed and threatened by false emails that arrive directly to the emergency department, constantly, since January 15, 2024, where they claim to hurt us and have knowledge of personal information from the medical report,” says the complaint published in the social network X, for the Sky profile.

Furthermore, the doctors, in their publication, announce that they have already reported these events to the Attorney General’s Office, the Police Inspection and the Santander Health Secretariat. Unfortunately, none of the entities, according to the complaint, have commented on this fact, nor have they protected the victims from the threats.

Likewise, health personnel, victims of these threats and violent acts, indicated that they will suspend their activities in Zapatoca, in view of the latest events in which a colleague was seriously injured.

“We do not have 24-hour surveillance, only during the daytime, and permanent accompaniment cannot be provided during night shifts by the police authorities,” the complaint argues.

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Los rural doctors They also revealed the emails they have received in which the attacker, who remains anonymous, intimidates them by confessing that he has personal information regarding them.

“I just went to the emergency room and there is that ‘hairy’ monkey. I give you an hour to remove that garbage,” says one of the violent messages.

For now, no departmental order authority Not even the municipal government has spoken out once morest this terrible fact.

Pulzo complements:

In Colombia, rural doctors play a crucial role in providing health services in remote areas and remote communities. These health professionals face unique challenges, but also have specific rights designed to support their work in rural settings.

One of these rights is access to decent working conditions, which include fair and adequate remuneration, as well as a safe work environment equipped with the necessary resources to meet the needs of the rural population.

Given the diversity of cases and conditions they face in rural settings, it is essential that they have access to opportunities training programs that address the particularities of medical care in these areas.

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