Violence against doctor is a threat in india: A study in a tertiary care institution

Background: Violence and aggression in the hospital is now considered as important workplace violence through out the worldwide. In India, because of increasing burden of population and shortage of doctors, there is only one government allopathic doctor to look after 10,189 people and only one government hospital for every 90,340 population. Methodology: The study was cross-sectional in design and carried out in a tertiary care institution in Haryana. The study recruited 300 residents working in the accident and emergency unit, intensive care unit, operation theatres and trauma centre of the institute. Results: The prevalence of violence against doctors in the present study was come out to be 75.6% and maximum violence was faced by male resident i.e 71.5%. The relationship between gender and place of violence among residents which was found statistically significant. Conclusion and Recommendations: Workplace violence in any form and in any setting is unacceptable. The study recommended that there should be enhanced security system at government hospitals for the delivery of safe, effective and truly universal health care in the long term.