Assaults against doctors, nurses on the rise: AMA
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The Australian Medical Association says assaults against doctors and nurses are becoming increasingly brutal and more frequent in Victoria.
The Ballarat Base Hospital says 71 staff have been assaulted by patients or the families of patients this year.
The AMA's state Vice-President, Steven Parnis, says it is not an isolated problem.
"There's no quick fix about this and I think the answers are going to take years", Mr Parris said.
"The rates of violence that are occurring across hospitals across the community and across the nation are increasing in number and also increasing in their brutality".
