Friday 30 March 2007

Mindless Violence

The animal instinct to attack when its territory is invaded is one which you can almost forgive in terms of natural selection. However, when the human animal begins to fight for no reason other then a lot of beer looking for a fight and the rest of the body being prepared to go along with it, usually people end up injured.

Go to any club or pub, and I am sure they have a scoring system based on the number of hospitalised punters there are. Mostly, after being thrown out, and given a few calming kicks by the bouncers, they make their way to A&E. Do they act calm and polite? Do they heck. Reports of Nurses and Doctors being attacked (appart from being the lowest form of low) are nothing new, but looking at some figures, it seems the brainless nerks now seem to think Hi-Jacking ambulances are a good way to proceed as well.

There are many problems which workers in the NHS face at the moment, but what manner of man (or woman) sees it fit to attack the very people who are trying to help them? One wonders with the upcomming management placement and internship just how safe I will be when I hit the wards again.

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