In Yucatán, subjects entered a medical office, where they caused damage and beat Dr. Rubén Rosantaella when he was treating patients.
DAMAGE IN THE MEDICAL OFFICE: ABOUT THE OFFENDERS
The doctor indicated that yesterday around 1 in the afternoon two subjects entered the medical office of a chain of pharmacies where he works. Located on Calle 28 between 27 and 29 del Centro.
The victim mentioned the two assailants are robust. One of them has curly hair and the other has long hair.
Rosantaella, who is also the forensic doctor for agency 24 of the State Attorney General’s Office in this city. He suffered a wound to one of his eyebrows and one eye was covered in blood.
They also destroyed the office
Municipal and state police arrived at the scene, as well as personnel from the State Attorney General’s Office to initiate the pertinent investigations.
On Facebook, user Glenda Ileana Chan asked the doctor the reason for the assault.
Rubén Rosantaella replied: “raise your voice …”. The user wrote that “I know that you exercise your freedom of expression, but the truth is, take good care of yourself and your family as well.”
Medical violence in Mexico
the organization Safeguarding Health in Conflict Coalition begins its report on violence and obstruction of the work of health workers in Mexico during 2020.
The network made up of 40 organizations, among others, the International Council of Nurses, reports the murder of 185 health workers around the world in 2020, up from the 167 and 150 recorded in 2018 and 2019, respectively.
“The reasons for the violence are diverse and sometimes complex, but not the explanation for the permanent impunity: the States have not fulfilled their commitments to take measures, individually or as part of an international effort, to prevent violence against medical workers. or arrest those responsible, ”writes the head of the Coalition, Len Rubenstein, in the introduction.
Of which there is a record …
According to the results, 7 health workers were murdered in Mexico last year, three of them women, a paramedic, a hospital director and one more unidentified. All died from shots fired from vehicles in Guerrero and Veracruz.
The other three victims corresponded to a naval doctor found dead in Guerrero, a transgender health worker identified on the side of a highway in Morelos, and doctor Jesús Torres Martínez from District 1 of Tuxtla, Chiapas, whose body was discovered inside a water tank. and wrapped in a sheet.
The number of sanitarians kidnapped amounted to 14
The number of kidnapped toilets rose to 14, all of them were associated with an incident that took place in May; They were allegedly deprived of their liberty in two hotels located in Tacubaya and rescued by the authorities.
“Health workers, who would have come in response to cases of Covid-19, were threatened by phone or video call. People claimed to be in control of the hotel’s surveillance cameras and threatened violence if they tried to leave ”.
In total, 28 incidents related to the country’s health services were reported, 16 of them were violent or aimed at obstructing medical practice.
Guerrero counted four, the highest number, followed by Morelos, Veracruz and Mexico City with two respectively. Baja California, Michoacán, Chihuahua, Chiapas, and Sonora make up the rest of the list. In addition, an entity is not identified in the report.
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