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Abusive behaviour from patients; a painful challenge of healthcare service

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Ambulance and medical staff attend to a patient on an unusually quiet saturday night at St. Vincent's Hospital Emergency Department Source: AAP Image/Dean Lewins

Healthcare workers face different type of challenges in their workplace. The most painful one is the abusive behaviour by patients. Many incidents of abusive behaviour and physical assault by patients in hospitals towards nurses were reported recently. Many malayalees have also been victims to such behaviour from patients. Listen to some experiences..


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Healthcare workers face different type of challenges in their workplace. The most painful one is the abusive behaviour by patients. Many incidents of abusive behaviour and physical assault by patients in hospitals towards nurses were reported recently. Many malayalees have also been victims to such behaviour from patients. Listen to some experiences..



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