Overview

• The physician reported being attacked by a patient after refusing a telephone consultation and directing an in-person visit, according to his complaint.
• Local Police in Poblete and the Guardia Civil in Miguelturra assisted the doctor and opened an investigation to identify and detain the suspected attacker.
• The incident occurred at the Poblete Local Clinic, which depends on Ciudad Real Health Center I in a town of about 2,900 residents.
• The Sindicato Médico and CSIF called on SESCAM to deploy security at health centers and to serve as a private prosecutor in all assault cases.
• Ciudad Real’s workplace safety committee agreed to draft preventive and post-incident protocols and to deliver training, after four violent episodes against health workers were logged in the past month.