On video: Violence at Soroka Hospital: Parents disagreed with their son's doctor and attacked him to his face (according to Article 27 A of the Copyright Law)
A young couple aged 24 and 28 from Rocham and Ashbul today (Monday) attacked a doctor, bruised him and threatened him due to differences of opinion between them regarding the treatment of their son at Soroka Hospital in Be'er Sheva.
The doctor was injured in the face and received medical treatment in the emergency department while the police station officer at the hospital detained the two for questioning.
The child is expected to be transferred to welfare or family agencies and will receive continued medical treatment if necessary.
The police officer who ordered their arrest under the suspicions said, "Threats, assault and actual sabotage by two or more, assaulting a public servant in order to fail him in his duty and they are expected to be brought before the Magistrate's Court in Be'er Sheva tomorrow for a hearing on their matter."
The doctor who was attacked said, "I went to work as usual, I was in the clinic, examining children. While doing so, I hear shouting and beatings on some surface outside the room, I went outside with several other doctors, I saw a young couple standing and beating on the glass windows of the office, threatening and shouting. The woman She said she was 100 percent disabled and deserved not to stand in line, 'Treatment is required now,' she said. They didn't wait for an explanation, we had several doctors stand there to understand, to see what was happening, to see that there would be no descent into more severe violence. At this point I told them it was over And at that moment the couple turned all the violence on me; they spat on me, cursed me, spat again, the girl tried to hit me, the guy tried to hit me, they both hit me. The incident was very short and very unpleasant, an incident of blatant violence. The security guards and policemen of the hospital All in all, they arrived quickly and prevented the incident from worsening."
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"Comprehensive solutions are needed concerning, among other things, the scope of security and the worsening of punishment and deterrence."
Soroka Hospital (Photo: Benny Ben Simon)
Health Minister MK Aryeh Deri responded to the case and said, "Shocked by the attack on the pediatrician at Soroka Hospital.
As the Minister of Health I am announcing - we will not allow incidents of violence against medical teams to pass quietly.
We are committed to maintaining the safety of the health system workers who save lives and work every day to maintain public health.
I call on the law enforcement authorities to bring the attackers to justice and punish them severely so that such cases do not repeat themselves.
" to save lives. We will fight by all means so that this lawlessness stops."
According to him, "It was only recently that we built and demanded to strengthen the security systems in the medical centers at the same time as speeding up the move to deploy police stations in all emergency rooms. The current case proves that a police station alone is not enough,
"The fight started by the Medical Association already produced measures during the previous government, including a legislative procedure to make the punishment worse, but now we must complete the effort and act without delay," said Prof. Hagai.
"The doctors in Israel cannot be abandoned and we will not hesitate to shut down the health system again until all measures are taken to ensure the personal safety of the medical personnel," he clarified.
"A situation that is unacceptable and deserves all condemnation."
Soroka Hospital (Photo: Benny Ben Simon)
Shira Salomon, spokeswoman for the Ministry of Health, responded to the attack and said, "This serious and shocking incident is another manifestation of the severe violence directed at members of the medical staff. A situation that is unacceptable and worthy of all condemnation.
As part of the fight against this illegal phenomenon, many steps have been taken recently, including the deployment of police officers In all the general hospitals in Israel, including Soroka, legislation has been promoted to increase punishment and in addition, many resources have been allocated to eradicate the phenomenon in the community clinics as well. However, the Ministry of Health recognizes the fact that none of these solutions will be able to eradicate the phenomenon without a strong hand being taken by the enforcement agencies and calls for the general The factors bring the criminals to justice in this serious case and in all cases."
Moshe Bar Siman Tov, director of the Ministry of Health: "Physical or verbal violence against medical staff is a serious, intolerable phenomenon and the Ministry of Health will act in all possible ways to ensure the safety of the treating staff and the patients themselves."
From a general statement it was reported that the CEO of the fund Eli Cohen spoke with the pediatrician who was attacked today in Soroka.
In the conversation, he assured him that Klalit will continue to work with all the relevant parties in order to bring about an effective punishment for assaulting medical staff members that will lead to a work environment in a safe and respectful space for staff and patients.
Cohen also added: "A situation in which our teams are attacked with severe violence every day is unreasonable and cannot continue to exist for even one more day."
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