Family members, patients beat the doctor: Selfishness?

Selfishness, considering one’s life more precious than others is the way of thinking of many people, tends to spread, alarming.

Another case of family members, patients assaulting doctors at Phu Yen General Hospital’s Emergency Department, causing frustration. The reason this time is that the patient, the patient’s family member said that the intern should not sew the wound for themselves and reacted in the following way: hit the face with a paper, beat another doctor, kicked dump the hospital bed and medical equipment … to show his attitude.

The patient’s family members, the patient rushed into the hospital bed. Photo cut from clip

Selfish thinking spread

Commenting on this incident, Dr. Le Vinh, former Deputy Director of the Institute of Public Health of Ho Chi Minh City, said that attacks on doctors did not just happen now. However, unlike the previous cases which were blamed by the irresponsible doctor, this incident shows a selfish way of thinking, considering my life is more important than that of others, I must Be the center, must be the first priority … When not being met that ridiculous “priority” has caused many people to act violently, rushing to assault the doctor as a way of anger.

Notably, according to the expert, this way of thinking tends to spread in many people, places, and fields as a movement.

“That is, squeezing in line to wait for a medical examination must also want to be given priority, to get the first number. In order to be the earliest doctor, many people do not hesitate to interrupt, or by tricks to get the number, to get the number. The number of medical examination is earlier, even if there is a relationship, they can come in and check in without taking the number.Therefore, there are people who come first but have to check later, those who come later are examined first. Bewildered many people are waiting.

After being admitted to the examination, something went sideways, took a shortcut to get the results quickly, the doctor read the results early to leave early. Everyone used the reason of being busy with work, could not wait, but no one thought there were patients who gave up work hundreds of kilometers, lined up from 3-4 am and still had to wait their turn.

In their mind, only their work is important, only their time is precious, and the work and time of other people make no sense to them.

Then even when I was admitted to the hospital, there was also a matter of choosing a doctor, choosing the date and time of surgery, buying a separate scalpel, prioritizing surgery first … no matter how severe the patient was behind, and how dangerous the patient was. Come on. These people themselves always think that only their health is precious, and the health and lives of others must be ranked behind “, Dr. Le Vinh pondered.

According to Dr. Le Vinh, these people have already considered themselves as having money and more money, so they have established their own behaviors more than people, different people. That’s why giving the envelope, bribing, because people with money think everything can be solved with money, spending money is easiest.

And the story of medical ethics

From the opposite side, Dr. Le Vinh also said that there is a welcome, unreasonable, selfishness of many patients also comes from medical ethics and behavior of many doctors.

Because, if there are no respectful and indulgent things, there is no priority for family members, friends, acquaintances, there is no consent to cross, turn off, no doctor accepts the envelope, no. Expensive service opens … there was no patient taking money to buy services, buy priority.

“Because when the money is placed in a higher position than medical ethics, higher social morality, the new behavioral culture goes down, lacks common sense, always considers itself the best”, said Dr. Le Vinh.

The doctor said, the deep root of each relationship, behavior in society is ethics, educational culture. These factors create the behavioral foundation of a civilized, fair and equal society. When the core foundations are not kept, all values ​​will be reversed. The patient beats the doctor, the patient’s family beats the doctor just one thing in an area that is easier to see. In fact, not only in the medical field, even in the field of education, culture … you can see similar incidents everywhere.

Because of this, the doctor said that, in order to have a cultural, civilized behavior, without the patient beating the doctor, we must first establish a pure, healthy, and peaceful medical environment. equality and civilization.

There, doctors are professionals, their job is to cure patients, their responsibility is to perform the right role of a doctor, to do with conscience, professional ethics. There is no relationship examination, money, envelopes, envelopes, no negativity, harassment, rich and poor patients must all be treated equally, given equal priority.

“If there is such a medical environment, there will definitely be no more crowds, numbers, envelopes, and scalpels. Selfishness, bragging, considering oneself the best will also be condemned, boycotted, gradually eliminated, “the doctor said frankly.