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Peter Allen On Doctor’s Fight
posted (May 22, 2015)
And they could have used one of those new ambulances to rush a "chill pill" to two doctors who duked it out at the San Ignacio Community Hospital on Wednesday. As we reported, the doctors had a disagreement about a patient, which led to a physical confrontation. Best reports say one walked away from the fight with a swollen face and the other a swollen wrist. Today, Health CEO Peter Allen said that it is unacceptable, and he's prescribing a double dose of anger management:..

Dr. Peter Allen, CEO, Ministry of Health
"It's a first for me, I've never ever come across a situation where two physicians resort to fighting and especially at their place of work. So I am aware of it, it was reported to me straight away. We made sure first of all as we always do, that the patients and our clients are safe and not affected or at least as affected as little as possible. we've asked as we do for reports, I have to believe that our response must include some kind of counselling in anger management because without having seen the reports yet, it is difficult for me to understand that disagreements between professionals cannot be handle in a more constructed manner than this."

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