2023-09-04 01:15:43
According to the WHO, the homicide rate in Latin America and the Caribbean is 28.5 per 100,000 inhabitants.
PAHO states that exposure to violence can increase the risk of smoking, consuming alcohol, or using drugs.
The murder of a doctor in broad daylight outside the clinic where he worked has filled the entire health union with mourning.
Health professionals must face a large number of adversities for the simple performance of their work. At the same time, like the rest of the population, there is another serious problem to which they are exposed and that is violence. It is a global situation among its most recent victims is the murder of a doctor which remains under investigation.
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), the low- and middle-income nations of Latin America and the Caribbean have the higher homicide rates within developing countriesas well as the highest proportion of homicides committed with firearms.
As part of a study, it is estimated that only during 2012, 165,617 homicides were registered in developing countries in Latin America and the Caribbean. Of this number, at least 75% were committed with firearms. Therefore, there is a rate of 28.5 per 100,000 inhabitants, which implies more than four times the world homicide rate (6.7 per 100,000 people).
Recommendations to reduce the rates of violence
Programs to reduce the availability and harmful use of alcohol. Laws and programs to reduce access to firearms. School programs to teach children and adolescents “life skills”, such as non-violent conflict resolution. Efforts to change gender norms that support violence against women. Programs to improve parenting in families at risk of violence. Public information campaigns to prevent elder abuse.
Murder of a doctor mourns the entire health union
For its part, the situation marked by violence continues throughout the region and the murder of a doctor It has filled the entire health union with sadness. The event occurred in the community of San Pedro de Ycuamandyyú in Paraguay in broad daylight.
According to the investigation, the victim was Dr. Antonio Zacarías Ortiz López, 45 years old, who worked in the only family health unit in the area. Based on the security camera located outside his work space, a couple of subjects intercepted him upon arrival and directly attacked him with a firearm.
The murder of a doctor in the Barbero neighborhood of San Pedro de Ycuamandyyú, perpetrated this morning by two hitmen, affects not only the victim’s family, but the entire community, which was left without its only doctor. The background would be passionate.
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For their part, some local media point out that the motive for the deadly assault could be a crime of passion. When reviewing the victim’s phone, several messages with threats made by a Brazilian citizen were identified. Therefore it is suspected that he could be the mastermind of the attack.
While according to Last hour, thanks to joint work, the capture of the motorcycle driver was achieved. Now what remains is to stop the one who activated the firearm to end the life of the doctor.
For now, the murder of the doctor affects not only his family but also all the inhabitants of the area because he was the only doctor who attended the rural clinic. Now everyone has been left without a person who can heal them.
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