THERE is growing concern in the health sector that female doctors in particular have become “physical and emotional punching bags” for some patients and even their male colleagues at the workplace.
But little or nothing is being done to stem these age-old attacks which usually take the form of emotional and physical abuse, including rejecting romantic advances, that’s because medicine was still “in the hands of the old boys club”.
A known male patient, prone to substance abuse, had an epileptic fit. While being treated at the hospital’s casualty section, he became aggressive and lashed out at the doctors. In July, the Sunday Tribune reported on a finalised court matter relating to an incident in 2020 where doctor Ayesha Tariq was punched in the face by the brother of her deceased patient.
Lutchminarian explained that historically medicine was a man’s world, and women had to contend with misogynistic behaviour from patients often being mistaken for nurses or addressed without the Dr title. While Lutchminarain accepted there were strong and confident men and women in their fraternity and times were changing, she believes it was not happening fast enough as old habits die hard.
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