On the afternoon of June 17, discussing socio-economic development, delegate Tran Khanh Thu - Thai Binh delegation (Thai Binh General Hospital) - expressed the frustration of individuals as well as the staff and staff of the health sector over the recent incidents of many cases of patients' relatives abusing health care workers.
According to the delegate, in a short period of time, there have been many consecutive incidents of assaulting medical staff, causing outrage.
The common point of these incidents is that they all occur in the emergency room - where doctors are fighting to save the patient's life. This female delegate said that one of the things that should be said is that the right to protect health workers and employees has not received due attention.
Before the National Assembly forum, delegate Khanh Thu quoted a section in an open letter from specialist 1 Tran Viet Hung after the assault at Nam Dinh General Hospital.
"The teacher in white shirt with bloodless wounds. People say that doctors are the profession of healing, but sometimes we also need someone to heal us... We are not superman, we know we are tired, we have cried, and we have doubted ourselves after an unsuccessful emergency.
In an era where the word doctor is being criticized and doubted, each of us is fighting two viruses - one in the patients body, and one in the human heart - the virus of indifference, of machinery, of insensitivity.
We do not need to be scolded; we just hope to understand that the doctor is not a god. Can't save everything. But we always want to do our best" - the delegate stated in the open letter.
According to the delegate, the recent incident involving a child patient in Nam Dinh has sparked a wave of criticism and criticism. Doctors understand that people's emotions are inevitable when witnessing the pain of a family with a child in an accident.
"But please do not rush to summarize, because the problem is not always the fault of medical staff," the delegate said.
The delegate said that doctors are not machines, but people with hearts, and they also need sympathy and respect. Doctors love their jobs and the patients they care for every day.
"Please don't let us both save lives and take unfair responsibility.
We are always ready to face responsibility and danger, but we need to have a mechanism to protect medical staff in all situations, helping us to work with peace of mind without fear of being blamed or abused when an incident occurs" - the delegate said.
According to the female delegate, in recent years, many health policies have been issued to improve the health examination and treatment system with the goal of creating a safe working environment; but there is still a lack of a legal corridor to protect health care workers while they are trying to treat patients.
The cause of community health care cannot be an easy or even difficult path to success without the lack of protection and legal support for those working in health care.
According to the delegate, this is the time to take concrete action to protect the team of doctors and medical staff and bring the value of the health sector back to its rightful position in society.
It is necessary to strictly handle acts of assaulting medical staff, regardless of the reason. We cannot encourage or sympathize with acts of violence against health care workers - those who are not qualified to fight for their profession or medicine without being able to defend against their common instincts.
"I propose that there soon be a policy to protect health workers through a strict legal framework for acts of abuse and abuse of health workers such as acts of resisting people performing official duties" - delegate Tran Khanh Thu worried.
