@article{ref1,
title="Violent-acts against doctors and healthcare professionals in India: call for action",
journal="Journal of family medicine and primary care",
year="2019",
author="Kumar, Raman and Roy, Pritam",
volume="8",
number="11",
pages="3457-3460",
abstract="Doctors in India are facing violent-acts against them, and there is an increasing trend in recent years, leading to a Public Health Riot-like scenario in India. There are reports of a doctor being murdered, thrashed, beaten, injured, handicapped, harassed, threatened, and socially maligned with news of demeaning messages spreading such as wild-fire through social media and news channels. More alarming is that common people are justifying the acts of killing, beating, and provoking others to do more such acts, thereby triggering a vicious cycle. Most of them get away without any legal proceedings being instituted against them. A recent incidence of grievous injury to the junior doctor at NRS Medical College, Kolkata, drew National and International attention. More recently, a retired senior doctor volunteering part-time at a tea estate of Assam was killed by a mob. The authors call for action and earliest resolution of this issue with active involvement of all stakeholders.<br><br>Copyright: © 2019 Journal of Family Medicine and Primary Care.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="2249-4863",
doi="10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_896_19",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.4103/jfmpc.jfmpc_896_19"
}