Question

What are the violence occurrences in all departments of the general hospitals and specialized hospitals? What really are the numbers? How has COVID 19 affected workplace violence in health care? Preferably hospitals in Philly?

Answer 1

Answer. There are many types of emotions that are observed in hospitals. It can be joyous, or with griefs or with disappointments or can be with anger. The feeling of anger with disappointmenta leads to violence. The violence can be due to huge and illogical bills, due to ill treatments and due to loss of life because of mistake of health care system. To categorise them,the issue with bills is majorly seen in the private or specialised hospitals, because on the name of technology and equipments, some hospitals tend to fetch money from patients in illegal ways. In the general hospitals the violence is seen in cases of ill treatments, no proper treatments, no adequate facilities, etc. Such aspects cause violence between the families of patients and the doctors or the staff.

Covid 19 has created a huge mess in the healthcare departments. Due to this pandemic almost all the hospitals are facing crunch of basic medical materials and equipments for the treatments of covid patients. People who's family member is admitted to the hospital won't endure if their patient is not getting treatment. These things are creating violence. Doctors or other staff members who are trying and working hard day and night to treat patients by making themselves prone to this infection, they are treated badly by the people who being affected the other way. People are throwing stones and pebbles on doctors, giving warnings to them, making their lives more miserable. One such example is of Philadelphia, in which people are showing gun violence. People are killing others especially the ones who were family of medical staff or health care departments with gun shots. The data recorded maximum guns shot deaths in one day. Besides, enforcement of laws and police actions, people are there on roads, creating such violence. Along with this, there is as tremendous increase in number of domestic violence.