Tianjin authorities recently approved a hospital security regulation, effective from August 1, stipulating that local hospitals should establish a security check system to safeguard medical workers' security.
Increasing numbers of violent assaults against medical workers in recent years have seriously undermined the relationship between them and patients, and provoked widespread public anger.
The regulation requires local public security and health departments to make a list of items that cannot be taken inside a hospital. It also empowers hospitals to refuse entry to those who resist security checks.
The regulation also asks for a green channel for emergency patients, such as those who have been badly injured or have suffered a heart attack, from undergoing security checks, so as not to delay their treatment.
It also asks for security personnel to accompany patients who might be drunk, or have a mental disorder, so that they do not harm doctors.
