The Regional Union of Health Professionals surveyed 441 private doctors in Occitanie. 75.9% of doctors have already been victims of violence over the last three years.
310 of them have suffered attacks on their person: verbal, physical or psychological violence. The study also reveals the lack of legal sanctions and the difficulty affected doctors have in filing complaints. The body denounces a double standard and calls for better protection of private doctors by the authorities.. Doctors end their careers without a successor, which accentuates the problem.