J Coll Physicians Surg Pak
October 2023
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May 2023
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View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Violence against health care workers has been widely reported in Pakistan.
Aims: This study, from September 2019 to April 2020, aimed to determine the effect of low-cost interventions to reduce violent events in two tertiary-care emergency departments in Karachi and Peshawar, Pakistan.
Methods: In phase one, a surveillance system was established in each department and information on violent events was recorded for three months.
Background: World Health Organization has advocated preemptive readiness of health systems to manage disas-trous events. Pakistan is known to be highly susceptible to disasters on the one hand and significantly lacking in coping ability on the other. Preparedness of health facilities in such locales is especially important, despite which there is little published evidence regarding hospitals' response capacity in Pakistan.
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