AP-HP boss Martin Hirsch wants to end violence in hospitals by installing 40% more cameras in most Paris hospitals within three years, or more than 1,500 in total.
The director general of the Assistance publique-Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) Martin Hirsch has just announced that there would be 40% more cameras installed in most Parisian hospitals within three years, i.e. more than 1,500 in total. An investment of 30 million euros, so that the hospital becomes both an “open place” and a “safe place”.
Smart video surveillance
The AP-HP recorded 3,282 adverse events last year, mainly violence and tension. “In recent years, it has become fashionable to focus on religion in hospitals when incivility is a much more important problem there”, assures Martin Hirsch. Remember that an insult to a health professional is punishable by 6 months imprisonment and a 7,500 euros fine, even if it is uttered under the influence of worry, stress, anger, alcohol or narcotics.
Remarkable fact: intelligent video surveillance, capable of detecting fights, suspicious packages, falls to the ground or acting when a patient disappears will also be tested before the summer.
More than 1,000 caregivers were assaulted in 2017
If the phenomenon is not new, violence against French doctors has never been so high. According to the latest study of the National Council of the Order of Physicians (Cnom), more than 1,000 caregivers were attacked in 2017, almost twice as many as in 2009 (512) and 2003 (638). 920 doctors declared having been attacked in 2010. 968 serious incidents (verbal attacks, threats …) were declared in 2016 by the practitioners. In 2015, 924 doctors were attacked verbally or physically. 50% of the aggressors are patients, 15% are people who accompany them.
The violence perpetrated against doctors seems to be more the result of logistical problems than of care as such. The French have in fact overwhelmingly a very favorable opinion of their doctors, according to a news study of the DREES (Directorate of Research, Studies, Evaluation and Statistics). More than eight out of ten patients say they are satisfied with the quality of care offered by French doctors (88%). The same is true for the level of information given by their doctor about their state of health (87%) and for the time they give them when they go to see him (84%).
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