73% of young doctors in Tunisia report being assaulted, survey finds

A survey of 734 young doctors, highlighted by Tunisia's National Medical Council in a 7 November appeal, found 73 percent had suffered at least one assault in their first three to four years of practice, and 82 percent are considering leaving public hospitals. The Council has set up an observatory to track violence against health workers, but no concrete government action has been announced yet.

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