What's up behind the recent spate of attacks against healthcare workers, paramedics, nurses and doctors have all been physically attacked recently.... most notably an orthopedist was killed by a patient who blamed him for an infection...
A doctor in Poland has died after being stabbed by a 'patient with a grudge' who forced his way into the consultation room and attacked him with a sharp object.
What's up behind the recent spate of attacks against healthcare workers, paramedics, nurses and doctors have all been physically attacked recently....
It's nothing new though, imho... They started talking about it, because someone "finally" died... First it was the paramedic killed with a knife by a drunk patient and then that doctor at the hospital - both killed this year.
most notably an orthopedist was killed by a patient who blamed him for an infection
Not for an infection - from what I've read the murderer thought that the doctor injected him with a poison - he was not right in the head. He was a prison guard, btw. Not long ago another prison guard shot dead his 5-year-old daughter, mother-in-law and tried to kill his 9-year-old son, because he got into an argument with his wife (they were in the middle of a divorce).
it's due to inequality and exclusion that was inflicted on these persons with justice involvement.
Not long ago another prison guard shot dead his 5-year-old daughter
Something about being a prison guard...
The ring leader of the Abu Ghraib torture clique was a former corrections officer. Had multiple complaints against him by inmates, at first. Then got a restraining order from his wife, after beating her. Still had no issues re-enlisting with the Army, and then got to do his favorite job again but now in Iraq.
When you spend 8 hours a day around men caged like animals, maybe it does something to your psyche.
When you spend 8 hours a day around men caged like animals,
There should be no prisons. Either the DP or Singapore treatment - with a promise of 10 x next time. I guarantee you there would be no repeaters in my system.
There are good ones, even many however the job is so unappealing that it appeals wither to people who can't get much else in t( way of work or even worse, the type of people who love order, discipline and uniforms.
I've worked in one (briefly and not as a prison officer) plus visited them due to an interest in prison reform and hated every second of being there.
The only officers I didn't dislike were the ones who'd come out of the army and didn't know what to do, or were police who had to leave the force for health reasons or were third or fourth generation guards.
Tackle the causes of crime of course, as well as focusing on rehabilitation rather than revenge and containment. There's actually very little point in long sentences or inhumane conditions since they do not serve as a deterrent. If they did, then countries with harsh penalties for crime would be crime free, wouldn't they, eh....
What I find odd about some of these cases is that I don't think the patients are drunk... I'm sure paramedics and other healthcare workers know how to deal with drunk people (who are usually not coordinated/fast enough to do much damage).
I'm wondering if some of it is drug related (specifically some kind of speed).
reg prison employees, in some parts of the US prisons are the main local employers (in most states iinm prisons are clustered in and around a particular town).
I had a friend who worked in a prison library and he mostly enjoyed it though occasionally he'd say something like "I spent part of the afternoon wiping blood off of a shelf" (there had been a stabbing in the stacks....)
Apparently a popular genre in men's prisons in the US was/is(?) pimp lit...
I'm wondering if some of it is drug related (specifically some kind of speed
Probably neither drink nor drugs (though excessive use of both does put people on a downward spiral).
I suspect such attacks are nothing new, just in the news right now due to the tragic murder of that doctor.
in most states iinm prisons are clustered in and around a particular town).
That's like my home in the U.K., near a big cluster of prisons. Some of the people just needed a job and signed up, plus of course it's public sector with a reasonable salary, lots of overtime and a good pension, as valuable as gold when the region's main industries vanished.
What I find odd about some of these cases is that I don't think the patients are drunk...
Hmm, I'm not sure what's "odd" about that...
My impression is that many of cases when paramedics or medical staff are being attacked are when they have to deal with drunk people (most often probably). Of course there also people under the influence of drugs and those who are simply aggressive morons or mentally ill. The police officers, just like all first responders (including firefighters) also have to deal with this kind of people and they get attacked by them too, obviously (yes, there are people in Poland dumb enough to attack firefighters, I kid you not...).
If you're interested in this then I recommend watching "Niebezpieczne dzielnice" ("Dangerous Neighbourhoods") on TVN Turbo today evening at 22:20. It's a documentary showing the work of police officers in different cities in Poland in the evening and at night - they're accompanied by a camera crew, they have cameras installed in their cars and the footage from body cams is being shown. It's usually said on the show if the guy arrested was drunk (and how heavily drunk) or whether drugs were found on him (or in the car). Those are actual police interventions - it can't get any more real than this.
I'm sure paramedics and other healthcare workers know how to deal with drunk people (who are usually not coordinated/fast enough to do much damage).
Well, that depends on how intoxicated the patients are and what is the level of their aggression/rage... And from what I understand paramedics and other healthcare workers haven't been getting training in self defence. It only started now - after that paramedic got killed in January this year:
My impression is that many of cases when paramedics or medical staff are being attacked are when they have to deal with drunk people (most often probably). Of course there also people under the influence of drugs and those who are simply aggressive morons or mentally ill.
Spot on!
...because he was not carrying a gun...
A typical Yank answer to everything..... Sheesh!
Have you really not noticed that Europeans don't have to have guns to protect themselves?
Because you, azzholes, don't have the First and the Second Amendments.
Hell, in your case, you don't even have a constitution. Or at least a king with balls...just an overpaid bad actor with lousy teeth who never says nothing ... !
Here, in the land of the free, we send the police first and before EMTs...Often 3 squad cars, with two cops each...That's 6 Glocks and 6 assault rifles as chill pills and conflict resolution tools.
I love American cops and tell them so every time I see them...
Because you, azzholes, don't have the First and the Second Amendments.
In my opinion, the first amendment is well conceived but not upheld by the USA. The second amendment is outdated and renders you to a cowboy nation.
Here, in the land of the free
Really???? do you still believe that old saying?
America is the western leader of leftist and woke ideology.... many of the problems we now have in the UK come from America. With their leftist, woke, eco friendly and Transgender ideas......the Californian hippies are messing us all up!
Based on the Channel 5' Police Interceptors franchise. A few countries have bought into that and it's worth watching as good background TV.. The original is about the only TV show I watch.
Well, that depends on how intoxicated the patients are and what is the level of their aggression/rage
Quite, and where alcohol is concerned peoples mood can change in a second.
Causes of crime are a lack of values, mental illnesses, single-parent families, and indulgent and immoral environments. A less harsh punishing system is just a useless pipe dream of progressive dreamers, as most criminals either act on impulse or believe they will get away with it. ---
.because he was not carrying a gun...
A gun would be useless at the distances these people are dealing with. It would be more useful to have a knife or a scalpel. Also, they would need to be trained to use it and be ready. While you are a paramedic or a doctor, combat is not the first thing on your mind
Since then it seems every week or so there are new reports of attacks...
From what I've read paramedics often didn't report those attacks to the police (probably because they're so common and because the court would qualify it as "znikoma szkodliwość społeczna czynu" anyway). I'm guessing the same was with medical staff at hospitals if none of them got seriously injured. Now that two people got actually killed by patients I can imagine paramedics, nurses and doctors have had enough and they are scared for their lives. And now they're reporting it and talking about it to the media to force some changes in the law and make the public aware of what they're facing almost every day. At least that's my theory. Of course it's possible that there was some increase in those attacks in recent times, but there's nothing uncanny in those attacks themselves.
I know that recreational fentanyl is being used by some medical personal
Eh? Even if that's the case - what does it have to do with patients attacking paramedics or nurses and doctors at hospitals? o_O
A few countries have bought into that and it's worth watching as good background TV.. The original is about the only TV show I watch.
Whatever it was based on or inspired by - "Niebezpieczne dzielnice" is the only TV show that shows every day work of Polish police that I'm aware of, so if anyone's interested in that (or in not the best side of the Polish society that they have to deal with ;P) - it's worth watching. The fictionalised Polish TV shows about police are not worth it, I'm afraid - Polish police officers laugh at them lol
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