Third of doctors verbally or physically abused during the pandemic 

Emergency Department, CUH, Cork. Pic Daragh Mc Sweeney/Provision

Over a third of doctors were verbally or physically abused by patients or patients’ relatives during the Covid-19 pandemic, a new survey of Irish doctors has found.

The Medical Protection Society (MPS) survey, conducted in September, found that 34% of 361 doctors reported being verbally or physically abused since the pandemic took hold.