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Tuesday, February 8, 2022

More healthcare staff facing abuse: Patient asked S'pore hospital nurse if she provided sexual services (Warning: Nudity!)

Source Website: https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/health/patient-asked-singapore-hospital-nurse-if-she-provided-sexual-services
By Nadine Chua, The Straits Times, 28 November 2021 at 05:00 am SGT


The National University Hospital said it is seeing more cases of its healthcare workers being abused.
PHOTO: The National University Hospital said it is seeing more cases of its healthcare workers being abused.
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SINGAPORE - One patient grabbed a nurse's breast twice, while another asked a nurse if she provided sexual services.

These incidents happened at the National University Hospital (NUH) which said it is seeing more cases of its healthcare workers being abused.

And it added the numbers do not tell the full story.


One patient grabbed a nurse's breast twice, while another asked a nurse if she provided sexual services.
PHOTO: One patient grabbed a nurse's breast twice, while another asked a nurse if she provided sexual services. These incidents happened at the National University Hospital (NUH) which said it is seeing more cases of its healthcare workers being abused. And it added the numbers do not tell the full story.
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A Ministry of Health (MOH) spokesman said the number of abuse and harassment cases at public healthcare institutions has been increasing over the past three years.

In 2018, there were 1,080 cases reported and this rose to 1,200 cases in 2019. The number of cases spiked to 1,300 last year.

MOH did not provide figures for the first 10 months of this year.


A Ministry of Health (MOH) spokesman said the number of abuse and harassment cases at public healthcare institutions has been increasing over the past three years.
PHOTO: A Ministry of Health (MOH) spokesman said the number of abuse and harassment cases at public healthcare institutions has been increasing over the past three years. In 2018, there were 1,080 cases reported and this rose to 1,200 cases in 2019. The number of cases spiked to 1,300 last year.
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It said it took all cases of abuse and harassment against healthcare workers seriously. "We adopt a zero-tolerance policy towards abuse and harassment of our healthcare staff and will take action against persons who do so. Our healthcare workers deserve to work in a safe environment while they care for patients."

But reported figures may not reflect the truth of what is happening on the ground, said Associate Professor Peter George Manning, emeritus consultant at NUH's emergency medicine department.

Prof Manning, who is also the vice-chairman of NUH's medical board, said: "There are abuse cases that go unreported. Sometimes when nurses and doctors face an abusive patient, they'd rather brush it off and not make a fuss about it.


Ministry of Health (MOH) said it took all cases of abuse and harassment against healthcare workers seriously.
PHOTO: Ministry of Health (MOH) said it took all cases of abuse and harassment against healthcare workers seriously. "We adopt a zero-tolerance policy towards abuse and harassment of our healthcare staff and will take action against persons who do so. Our healthcare workers deserve to work in a safe environment while they care for patients."
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"But it's a serious issue and it's worrying because they suffer in silence, until they reach a tipping point."

He recalled how an older male patient had grabbed a nurse's breast on two occasions last year.

Prof Manning said: "He was severely told off and he did not do it again.

"But there was another incident that also happened last year where a male patient asked a young nurse if she was interested in providing him with sexual services. She was flabbergasted (greatly surprised or astonished)."

The patient was subsequently given a stern talking to by a senior doctor and a senior nurse after the young nurse reported the incident.


A healthcare worker at Tan Tock Seng Hospital counselling a distressed nurse under the staff support staff programme.
PHOTO: A healthcare worker at Tan Tock Seng Hospital counselling a distressed nurse under the staff support staff programme. A reminder at the National University Hospital to members of the public to treat healthcare workers with respect.
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Prof Manning added that verbal abuse cases at NUH have specifically seen an increase this year as compared with the past few years, but noted there could be more abuse cases the hospital is unaware of.

He added: "That is why we have been focusing our efforts to get the message across to staff to defend themselves by reporting the incident. They know not to get into a fight with the patient, but they are aware of what they should not put up with."

Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH) and the National Centre for Infectious Diseases said they have seen an increase in abuse cases.


Prof Manning added that verbal abuse cases at NUH have specifically seen an increase this year as compared with the past few years, but noted there could be more abuse cases the hospital is unaware of.
PHOTO: Prof Manning added that verbal abuse cases at NUH have specifically seen an increase this year as compared with the past few years, but noted there could be more abuse cases the hospital is unaware of.
He added: "That is why we have been focusing our efforts to get the message across to staff to defend themselves by reporting the incident. They know not to get into a fight with the patient, but they are aware of what they should not put up with."
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PHOTO: Tan Tock Seng Hospital (TTSH) and the National Centre for Infectious Diseases said they have seen an increase in abuse cases.
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A TTSH spokesman said in 2019, both facilities saw 218 cases and this fell to 158 cases in 2020.
But their cases have spiked to 244 in the first 10 months of 2021.

At Singapore General Hospital, the number of abuse cases has been increasing over the years.
Ms Jennifer Wee, its chief communications officer, said there have been close to 180 cases from January to October this year, up from about 70 cases for the whole of 2017.

In 2020, the hospital saw about 170 cases.

At Ng Teng Fong General Hospital, there have been 35 cases recorded in 2021 so far. The hospital sees about 38 of such abuse cases each year from 2017 to 2020.

Meanwhile, Khoo Teck Puat Hospital said the number of reported healthcare worker abuse cases has almost doubled from 2016 to 2020. It did not provide figures for that period and for this year.

But things seem to be improving at Changi General Hospital (CGH).
Its chief operating officer, Ms Sandra Koh, said the hospital has seen nearly 100 cases of abusive behaviour against healthcare workers in the first nine months of 2021.

There were 200 cases reported at CGH for the whole of 2020.


Hospitals have seen both spiled and fall of reported abuse cases throughout the years.
PHOTO: Hospitals have seen both spiked and fall of reported abuse cases throughout the years. But noted there could be more abuse cases the hospital is unaware of.
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One incident it saw this month involved a patient who got angry when he realised he could not go home after being hospitalised for a week.

He yelled expletives and derogatory racial slurs at the doctor and the nurses trying to help him.

The doctor tried to calm him down. But the patient took off his shirt and threw things at the healthcare workers around him. The patient even threatened to sue the hospital.


One incident involved a patient who got angry when he realised he could not go home after being hospitalised for a week.
PHOTO: One incident involved a patient who got angry when he realised he could not go home after being hospitalised for a week. He yelled expletives and derogatory racial slurs at the doctor and the nurses trying to help him. The doctor tried to calm him down. But the patient took off his shirt and threw things at the healthcare workers around him. The patient even threatened to sue the hospital.
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To tackle such incidents, healthcare workers at TTSH have been taught escalation protocols should the need to report an abuse incident arise.

Ms Geeta Pattath Raghavan, assistant director of nursing at TTSH, said: "There are also panic buttons placed at each ward which a healthcare worker can press should they feel unsafe or threatened.

"When it is pressed, staff from adjacent wards and security officers will be alerted and will assist where they can."


To tackle such incidents, healthcare workers at TTSH have been taught escalation protocols should the need to report an abuse incident arise.
PHOTO: To tackle such incidents, healthcare workers at TTSH have been taught escalation protocols should the need to report an abuse incident arise. Ms Geeta Pattath Raghavan, assistant director of nursing at TTSH, said: "There are also panic buttons placed at each ward which a healthcare worker can press should they feel unsafe or threatened. When it is pressed, staff from adjacent wards and security officers will be alerted and will assist where they can."
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But this is not a response used to scare the patients, said Adjunct Associate Professor Habeebul Rahman, chairman of the well-being committee at TTSH.

"This is really just to protect all parties and perhaps even prevent the patient from doing something that is irreversible," he added.

While such measures are important, Prof Habeebul said he hopes for mutual respect between all parties.
"At the end of it all, we just want our patients to recover and get well," he added.


This is really just to protect all parties and perhaps even prevent the patient from doing something that is irreversible
PHOTO: "This is really just to protect all parties and perhaps even prevent the patient from doing something that is irreversible," said Adjunct Associate Professor Habeebul Rahman, chairman of the well-being committee at TTSH.
While such measures are important, Prof Habeebul said he hopes for mutual respect between all parties.
"At the end of it all, we just want our patients to recover and get well," he added.
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Cases of healthcare workers harassed/abused in Singapore, according to the MOH:​
2018: 1,080
2019: 1,200
2020: 1,300

Changi General Hospital:​
2019: About 100
2020: About 200
January to September 2021: Close to 100

Singapore General Hospital:​
2017: About 70
2020: About 170
January to October 2021: Close to 180

Ng Teng Fong General Hospital​:
From 2017 to 2020: About 38 cases per year
January to November 2021: 35

National University Hospital:​
January to October 2021: 70 physical abuse cases, 120 verbal abuse cases

Tan Tock Seng Hospital and National Centre for Infectious Diseases:​
2019: 218
2020: 158
January to October 2021: 244

Reasons for healthcare workers getting abused:​
  • Patients' refusal to comply with safety protocols
  • Staff not meeting patients' unreasonable demands (for example, asking staff to buy carbonated drinks)
  • Patients seeking preferential treatment, wanting to be attended to immediately when staff are caring for other patients
  • Patients' frustrations while waiting to access healthcare services
  • Patients' unexplained aggression without provocation
  • Medical reasons such as dementia, delirium or psychiatric conditions
  • Stress faced by patients due to family or financial matters

Sources: Singapore General Hospital, Changi General Hospital, Khoo Teck Puat Hospital, Tan Tock Seng Hospital


Reasons for healthcare workers getting abused:​
PHOTO: Reasons for healthcare workers getting abused:​
  • Patients' refusal to comply with safety protocols
  • Staff not meeting patients' unreasonable demands (for example, asking staff to buy carbonated drinks)
  • Patients seeking preferential treatment, wanting to be attended to immediately when staff are caring for other patients
  • Patients' frustrations while waiting to access healthcare services
  • Patients' unexplained aggression without provocation
  • Medical reasons such as dementia, delirium or psychiatric conditions
  • Stress faced by patients due to family or financial matters
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Reported figures may not reflect the truth of what is happening on the ground, said Associate Professor Peter George Manning, emeritus consultant at NUH's emergency medicine department.
PHOTO: Reported figures may not reflect the truth of what is happening on the ground, said Associate Professor Peter George Manning, emeritus consultant at NUH's emergency medicine department.
Prof Manning, who is also the vice-chairman of NUH's medical board, said: "There are abuse cases that go unreported. Sometimes when nurses and doctors face an abusive patient, they'd rather brush it off and not make a fuss about it."
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But it's a serious issue and it's worrying because they suffer in silence, until they reach a tipping point.
PHOTO: "But it's a serious issue and it's worrying because they suffer in silence, until they reach a tipping point." He recalled how an older male patient had grabbed a nurse's breast on two occasions last year. Prof Manning said: "He was severely told off and he did not do it again."
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But there was another incident that also happened last year where a male patient asked a young nurse if she was interested in providing him with sexual services.
PHOTO: "But there was another incident that also happened last year where a male patient asked a young nurse if she was interested in providing him with sexual services. She was flabbergasted."
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PHOTO: Pray for your enemies: "Commit your way to the Lord; trust in him and he will do this:
He will make your righteous reward shine like the dawn, your vindication like the noonday sun." (Psalm 37:5-6)
Exemplify Christian love in your behavior: "Look at those who are honest and good, for a wonderful future awaits those who love peace." (Psalm 37:37 NLT)
Entrust justice to God: "If possible, so far as it depends on you, live peaceably with all. Beloved, never avenge yourselves, but leave it to the wrath of God, for it is written, ‘Vengeance is mine, I will repay,’ says the Lord" (Romans 12:18-19, ESV)
Draw strength from adversity: "Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters,[a] whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything." (James 1:2-4)
Consider becoming a change agent: "Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall be called sons of God." (Matthew 5:9, ESV)
Examine your behavior for possible contribution to a problem: "When his brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of them, they hated him and could not speak a kind word to him." (Genesis 37:4) [4]
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By Nadine Chua, The Straits Times, 28 November 2021 at 05:00 am SGT
Reference
[1] Nadine Chua, The Straits Times, More healthcare staff facing abuse: Patient asked S'pore hospital nurse if she provided sexual services, posted on 28 November 2021 at 05:00 am SGT, https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/health/patient-asked-singapore-hospital-nurse-if-she-provided-sexual-services

[2] Gixxerfied, Greater Supremacy Member, hardwarezone.com.sg, More healthcare staff facing abuse: Patient asked S'pore hospital nurse if she provided sexual services, posted on 28 November 2021, https://forums.hardwarezone.com.sg/threads/news-patient-asked-spore-hospital-nurse-if-she-provided-sexual-services.6649324/#post-138239180

[3] Tan Tock Seng Hospital, More healthcare workers facing abuse, https://www.ttsh.com.sg/About-TTSH/TTSH-News/Pages/More-healthcare-workers-facing-abuse.aspx

[4] Nurses Christian Fellowship, InterVarsity, Spiritual Answers for Incivility, posted on 07 May 2019, https://ncf-jcn.org/blog/spiritual-answers-incivility


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Saturday, February 15, 2020

Opinion: I have seen nurses abused and it must stop

Source Website: https://www.tnp.sg/news/views/ive-seen-nurses-abused-and-it-must-stop
By Andre Yeo, andrey@sph.com.sg, News Editor, The New Paper, 14 February 2020 at 06:00 am


It is disappointing to hear that people are shunning healthcare workers as the country deals with the coronavirus.
PHOTO: It is disappointing to hear that people are shunning healthcare workers as the country deals with the coronavirus.
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For the past 49 days, my father has been warded at Tan Tock Seng Hospital's ward 10A with Stage 4 cancer.

Each time I visit him, I marvel at the dedication and hard work put in by his nurses.

It makes it even more disappointing to hear that people are shunning healthcare workers as the country deals with the coronavirus.

Nurses have been asked not to use lifts and told to take the stairs and even chased out of trains.

Some have asked ambulance drivers not eat near them over fears they might pass the virus to them.


It is disappointing to hear that people are shunning healthcare workers as the country deals with the coronavirus.
PHOTO: It is disappointing to hear that people are shunning healthcare workers as the country deals with the coronavirus.
Nurses have been asked not to use lifts and told to take the stairs and even chased out of trains.
Some have asked ambulance drivers not eat near them over fears they might pass the virus to them.
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Our politicians have come out to condemn such disgraceful behaviour and have called on Singaporeans to stand united in our fight against this invisible killer.

I couldn't agree more with them.

The nurses at ward 10A have been nothing but amazing to my father.

Every day, my family and I are taught lessons in humility and selflessness as we watch nurses change his adult diapers.

Who could and would want to do this daily, several times a day?

The nurses can. And do.

And they do this even after being verbally abused.

Once, when I was there, an elderly patient in my father's room scolded a nurse and called her names.

The elderly man, who was very sick, hurled abuse at her.

The nurse remained calm, addressing him as "mister" while tending to him, even asking how he was coping and if he needed to be changed.

His verbal abuse did not stop and yet, she continued asking about him, leaving him only when she was sure he was all right.

On another occasion, a patient in the next room was scolding the medical staff so loudly that my father, who is hard of hearing, could hear him.

The nurses took the verbal volleys in their stride and soldiered on.

My mother, who spends hours by my father's side, said it happens so often she does not know how the nurses can tolerate it.

"It's our job," they tell her smiling.

So, what do the stories of people shunning our healthcare workers say about us as a country? That we are a First World country only in name and have nothing to be proud of if we don't change our selfish behaviour.


So, what do the stories of people shunning our healthcare workers say about us as a country?
PHOTO: So, what do the stories of people shunning our healthcare workers say about us as a country? That we are a First World country only in name and have nothing to be proud of if we don't change our selfish behaviour.
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Our healthcare workers risk their lives every day, exposing themselves to all kinds of germs and ungrateful patients and their family members.

The last thing they need is people telling them they might be spreading disease and should go somewhere else.

Before the virus appeared here last month, I could see the nurses' faces.

They would always smile and greet my father by name, and in their chirpy voices ask how he was doing.

They still do but I can't see their faces anymore because of the masks.

But I can tell they're still smiling and giving their best every day.


Our healthcare workers risk their lives every day, exposing themselves to all kinds of germs and ungrateful patients and their family members.
PHOTO: Our healthcare workers risk their lives every day, exposing themselves to all kinds of germs and ungrateful patients and their family members.
The last thing they need is people telling them they might be spreading disease and should go somewhere else.
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For that, my family, and the families of the other patients in the ward are grateful.

Instead of rejecting our healthcare workers, we should be encouraging them.

If you see them on the streets or on the MRT, give them a thumbs up, smile at them, or hold the door for them.

Say thank you. Cheer them on even.


Instead of rejecting our healthcare workers, we should be encouraging them.
PHOTO: Instead of rejecting our healthcare workers, we should be encouraging them.
If you see them on the streets or on the MRT, give them a thumbs up, smile at them, or hold the door for them.
Say thank you. Cheer them on even.
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Send them the message that we appreciate the sacrifices they are making in being away from their families as they work over-time to ensure we get the best medical care possible.

They do this even when they know they could be the next confirmed case.

So, to all nurses, doctors, ambulance personnel and healthcare workers, thank you.


They do this even when they know they could be the next confirmed case.
They do this even when they know they could be the next confirmed case.
PHOTO: They do this even when they know they could be the next confirmed case. So, to all nurses, doctors, ambulance personnel and healthcare workers, thank you.
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In a world in which so many people focus on personal gain, this Bible verse about giving offers another perspective; gratitude is an opportunity for the giver to both prosper and be refreshed.

"The King will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me." (Matthew 25:40).

"Dear friend, I pray that you may enjoy good health and that all may go well with you, even as your soul is getting along well." (3 John 2)

If you are a nurse or doctor and have come across this article I just want to say that what you do everyday is a beautiful picture of being the hands and feet of Jesus Christ to those in need.  May we never take these people for granted and may we all (even if we are not nurses or doctors) show compassion for the needs of other people and in doing so, show the love of Christ to the world. [2]
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Reference
[1] Andre Yeo, andrey@sph.com.sg, News Editor, The New Paper, Opinion: I have seen nurses abused and it must stop, posted on 14 February 2020 at 06:00 am, https://www.tnp.sg/news/views/ive-seen-nurses-abused-and-it-must-stop

[2] Daryl Evans, Bible Verses For Nurses: 27 Scriptures on Caring for Others,  https://www.whatchristianswanttoknow.com/bible-verses-for-nurses-27-scriptures-on-caring-for-others/


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