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Jamaica Observer – A number of the island’s junior doctors have indicated that not only must they battle resource shortages, but they have had to endure sexual harassment from their seniors.<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n The allegations have come from junior doctors interviewed by the Jamaica Observer<\/strong>\n in May, all of whom have either experienced or know a colleague who has\n been sexually harassed or assaulted. They addressed the matter on \ncondition of anonymity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The junior doctors are also alleging victimisation at the hands \nof the senior doctors who, they said, are keen on maintaining a culture \nof abuse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cIt’s well known in the medical community here that many of the \nsenior doctors, they take advantage of their junior doctors here. They \nmight do [to others] as they did to me \u2014 there’s verbal abuse. This \nmight be straying a bit, but even to the point of things like sexual \nharassment. This is very rampant in the medical community, but they like\n to be hush, hush about it,\u201d a female junior doctor alleged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cA lot of the junior doctors, they’re discouraged from coming \nforward with any complaints that they have because they are made to \nbelieve that it will hinder you going forward with whatever career plans\n you had in mind. You will be hindered if you kick up too much fuss,\u201d \nexplained the doctor, who has been in the field for two years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cEvery day I come to work I face unwanted advancements. There is \nno boundary. I’ve actually been physically assaulted by senior doctors, \nbut I have never reported it to a higher body \u2014 whether the medical \ncouncil or my HR (Human Resource) Department. I’ve never gone forward \nbecause, honestly, I believe that if I do go forward my career will end.\n I honestly believe that my career will be hindered. They will do \neverything in their power to ensure that you don’t achieve what you \nshould,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n She said several consultants use their powers to stymie efforts \nby their subordinates to bring awareness to the matter, which could have\n exposed hospitals and the lack of policies in place to protect junior \ndoctors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Jamaica Observer – A number of the island’s junior doctors have indicated that not only must they battle resource shortages, but they have had to endure sexual harassment from their seniors. The allegations have come from junior doctors interviewed by the Jamaica Observer in May, all of whom have either experienced or know a colleague<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":5491,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5490","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-regional-and-international-news"],"yoast_head":"\n