Hospital Hospitality

 

RUBY LA Staff Writer

 

Hospitals, to many individuals, are places where people can receive medical help and feel safe. However, recent events at Hacienda Healthcare, a medical establishment located in Arizona, has undermined this sense of trust and care.

A patient in a persistent vegetative state, under the care of two doctors, had been sexually assaulted and gave birth. This raises the question if hospitals are safe and can be trusted. Although most practitioners are trustworthy, there are still a few who revoltingly take advantage of their patients. The sexual assault that had taken place at Hacienda Healthcare is one of the only cases known to the public about these incidents.

According to U.S. News, it is standard practice for a female medical professional to be present when a male doctor is treating a female patient. This may be “standard practice” however, there are still many cases of sexual misconduct regarding male gynecologists, pediatricians, anesthesiologists and psychiatrists having sexually abused individuals of all ages. Medical professionals should constantly be monitored in order to stop the abuse of the current rule system.

It is important to keep in mind that not all practitioners take advantage of patients and a majority are only there to do their job of helping treat people, but there are still instances where some individuals do, which is why new practices should be put in place so that cases like these never happen again.