{"id":196057,"date":"2016-08-17T17:02:03","date_gmt":"2016-08-18T00:02:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/?p=196057"},"modified":"2016-08-17T17:02:37","modified_gmt":"2016-08-18T00:02:37","slug":"beijing-allows-police-use-weapons-protect-medical-staff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2016\/08\/beijing-allows-police-use-weapons-protect-medical-staff\/","title":{"rendered":"Beijing Allows Police Use of Weapons to Protect Doctors"},"content":{"rendered":"
In response to a\u00a0rising trend<\/a>\u00a0of\u00a0hospital violence<\/a>\u00a0inflicted on\u00a0doctors and medical staff by patients frustrated with\u00a0a\u00a0deteriorating quality and access to health care,\u00a0a\u00a0nationwide\u00a0crackdown on medical-related violence was\u00a0announced\u00a0in May<\/a>.\u00a0Amid the crackdown, Beijing authorities released a circular this week\u00a0calling for\u00a0increased surveillance, and\u00a0authorizing\u00a0police to use weapons in\u00a0preventing attacks<\/strong><\/a>. At Sixth Tone, Fan Yiying reports:<\/p>\n In an effort to reduce the frequent incidents of violence against doctors and other medical personnel, the Beijing municipal government reminded citizens on Monday that its police officers can use weapons when necessary, Sixth Tone\u2019s sister publication The Paper\u00a0reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n […]\u00a0Hospital violence has long been a serious issue in China. A\u00a0report<\/a>\u00a0released by the Chinese Medical Doctor Association last May revealed that nearly 60 percent of medical staff had experienced verbal abuse, and over 13 percent had been physically assaulted.<\/p>\n […]\u00a0Monday\u2019s announcement also said the public areas, including outpatient facilities, of Beijing hospitals must be equipped with cameras and patrolled by security guards. When similar security measures were installed in a hospital in Hangzhou, eastern China, in July as part of the upcoming G-20 summit, many doctors around the country\u00a0reacted<\/a>\u00a0by saying they wanted such protection in their hospitals, too. [Source<\/strong><\/a>]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n The South China Morning Post’s Alice Yan reports\u00a0further on the new measures in Beijing, providing context on hospital violence in China<\/strong><\/a>:<\/p>\n The attacks have taken a toll on the profession. Faced with constant risks to their personal safety, morale among medical staff on the mainland has reached rock-bottom, and fewer high school graduates are choosing careers in medicine and health care.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n […]\u00a0The judicial department, according to the circular, has been told not to delay dealing with cases involving attacks on medical staff or disturbing order at hospitals. The courts must not show leniency when delivering verdicts.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Hospitals should to pay special attention to \u201ckey groups of people\u201d, including those who are drunk, are prone to make trouble or become violent, or have violent mental disorders. [Source<\/strong><\/a>]<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Read more about\u00a0hospital violence<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0health care<\/a>\u00a0in China, including a\u00a0young\u00a0doctor’s\u00a0explanation\u00a0of the pressures that drove him\u00a0from continuing a\u00a0medical career<\/a>, see prior coverage via CDT.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" In response to a\u00a0rising trend\u00a0of\u00a0hospital violence\u00a0inflicted on\u00a0doctors and medical staff by patients frustrated with\u00a0a\u00a0deteriorating quality and access to health care,\u00a0a\u00a0nationwide\u00a0crackdown on medical-related violence was\u00a0announced\u00a0in May.\u00a0Amid the crackdown, Beijing authorities released a circular this week\u00a0calling for\u00a0increased surveillance, and\u00a0authorizing\u00a0police to use weapons in\u00a0preventing attacks. At Sixth Tone, Fan Yiying reports: In an effort to reduce the frequent […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":985,"featured_media":175963,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[10,14744,14745,14746,100,5],"tags":[5094,5811,308,2249,15229,1251,2311],"class_list":["post-196057","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-law","category-level-2-article","category-level-3-article","category-level-4-article","category-politics","category-society","tag-armed-police","tag-beijing","tag-health-care","tag-health-care-corruption","tag-hospital-violence","tag-police","tag-violence","et-has-post-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"yoast_head":"\n