a practitioner assaulted by a patient, the SOS Médecins office closes for the weekend

Shocked and outraged by the aggression of their colleague, the other doctors in the cabinet refuse to work this weekend of All Saints to denounce this act.

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A doctor from SOS Médecins was the victim of an attack on Thursday evening in Melun, France Bleu Paris learned on Friday October 28. A patient, who came without an appointment for her baby, insulted him then beat him up in front of a full waiting room, while the doctor suggested that he come back two hours later, after having examined the child. The patient finally left with her son, before the police arrived.

To denounce this act, the other doctors of the cabinet refuse to work this weekend of All Saints, shocked and outraged by the aggression of their colleague, president of the association. The office will not reopen until Monday morning at 8 a.m. “These are 500 patients, potentially, who will find the door closeddeplores another doctor of the association. It’s a shame but what happened is too serious, we had to react.”

The doctor, he filed a complaint in the evening. This Friday, the doctor was prescribed 10 days of total incapacity for work. An investigation is opened for personal injury. Security will be reinforced by additional patrols, assures the town hall of Melun. Doctors are afraid of reprisals.


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