Delhi hospital hires bouncers to deter attacks
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DELHI: Pradeep Kumar works as a bouncer in New Delhi. Not at a
nightclub, but at another workplace where violence is common in the
country: a hospital.
He and his burly colleagues keep the emergency and labour rooms from filling up with patients' often agitated relatives and friends. They were hired at a New Delhi hospital in the spring, soon after friends of an emergency-room patient punched a doctor in the face and went on a rampage with hockey sticks.
The staff at Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospital says there has been no violence since the bouncers were hired. But Dr. Narendra Saini, a spokesman for the Indian Medical Association, says most hospitals cannot afford such security measures.
Saini says thousands of attacks occur in Indian hospitals every year.
He and his burly colleagues keep the emergency and labour rooms from filling up with patients' often agitated relatives and friends. They were hired at a New Delhi hospital in the spring, soon after friends of an emergency-room patient punched a doctor in the face and went on a rampage with hockey sticks.
The staff at Deen Dayal Upadhyay Hospital says there has been no violence since the bouncers were hired. But Dr. Narendra Saini, a spokesman for the Indian Medical Association, says most hospitals cannot afford such security measures.
Saini says thousands of attacks occur in Indian hospitals every year.
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