With all the "improvements" to our healthcare system thru the ACA, we may well be looking into the viewing window for our American hospitals in the not so distant future.
"Hospitals in Beijing will recruit 1,500 "guardian angels" to protect their doctors from violent attacks by patients.
In recent years, angry patients have killed a number of Chinese doctors, often citing frustration at how they have been handled by the healthcare system.
Doctors and nurses in hospitals are violently attacked every two weeks on average, the state media said, by patients angry at long waiting times, high medical bills and haughty or uncaring doctors. Many hospitals now have security officers on their premises.
The campaign in Beijing will recruit volunteer students, medical staff and other patients to act as buffers between doctors and patients, defusing arguments and smoothing tensions, suggested Xinhua, the state news agency."
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/10754520/Guardian-angels-to-protect-Chinese-doctors-from-patients.html
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"Hospitals in Beijing will recruit 1,500 "guardian angels" to protect their doctors from violent attacks by patients.
In recent years, angry patients have killed a number of Chinese doctors, often citing frustration at how they have been handled by the healthcare system.
Doctors and nurses in hospitals are violently attacked every two weeks on average, the state media said, by patients angry at long waiting times, high medical bills and haughty or uncaring doctors. Many hospitals now have security officers on their premises.
The campaign in Beijing will recruit volunteer students, medical staff and other patients to act as buffers between doctors and patients, defusing arguments and smoothing tensions, suggested Xinhua, the state news agency."
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/china/10754520/Guardian-angels-to-protect-Chinese-doctors-from-patients.html
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