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During the SICOT meeting in Hyderabad, several Presidents of national orthopaedic associations asked SICOT to protest about violence against healthcare personnel which is considered by the International Committee of the Red Cross and Red Crescent as “one of the most crucial yet overlooked humanitarian issues today”.
Facing this increasing bane [1], SICOT, in collaboration with representatives of international and national orthopaedic associations, has decided to write the following declaration.
Today, SICOT is proud to have brought together 60 orthopaedic societies, representing more than 170,000 orthopaedic surgeons around the world, to fight for this fundamental human right, without regards to national, economic or philosophical segregation.
The list of societies who have co-signed this declaration is not exhaustive and any group or individual may always endorse the declaration and use it in its own country. Any voluntary support to move this action internationally and locally is welcome.
Maurice Hinsenkamp
SICOT President
Jointly signed by:
Australian Orthopaedic Association – AOA AUSTRALIA
Österreichische Gesellschaft für Orthopädie und orthopädische Chirurgie – ÖGO AUSTRIA
Belgische Vereniging voor Orthopedie en Traumatologie – BVOT BELGIUM
Société Royale Belge de Chirurgie Orthopaédique et de Traumatologie – SORBCOT BELGIUM
Sociedade Brasileira de Ortopedia e Traumatologia – SBOT BRAZIL
Société Camerounaise de Chirurgie Orthopédique et de Traumatologie – SOCCOT CAMEROON
Canadian Orthopaedic Association – COA–ACO CANADA
Sociedad Chilena de Ortopedia y Traumatología – SCHOT CHILE
Chinese Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons – CAOS CHINA
Croatian Orthopaedic and Traumatology Association – COTA-HUOT CROATIA
Sociedad Cubana de Ortopedia y Traumatologia – SCOT CUBA
Danish Orthopaedic Society – DOS DENMARK
Egyptian Orthopaedic Association – EOA EGYPT
Estonian Orthopedic Association – ETOS ESTONIA
Société Française de Chirurgie Orthopédique et de Traumatologie – SOFCOT France
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Orthopädie und Orthopädische Chirurgie – DGOOC GERMANY
Deutsche Gesellschaft für Orthopädie und Unfallchirurgie – DGOU GERMANY
Hong Kong Orthopaedic Association – HKOA HONG KONG
Hungarian Orthopaedic Association – HOA HUNGARY
Indian Orthopaedic Association – IOA INDIA
Persian Orthopaedic Trauma Association – POTA IRAN
Iraqi Orthopaedic Association IRAQ
Japanese Orthopaedic Association – JOA JAPAN
Libyan Orthopaedic Association – LOA LIBYA
Lithuanian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology – LSOT - LOTD LITHUANIA
Malaysian Orthopaedic Association – MOA MALAYSIA
Société Marocaine de Chirurgie Orthopédique et Traumatologique – SMACOT MOROCCO
Nederlandse Orthopaedische Vereniging – NOV NETHERLANDS
Nigerian Orthopaedic Association – NOA NIGERIA
Norwegian Association of Orthopaedic Surgery – NOA NORWAY
Pakistan Orthopaedic Association – POA PAKISTAN
Philippine Orthopaedic Association – POA PHILIPPINES
Polish Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology – PTOiTr POLAND
Sociedade Portuguesa de Ortopedia e Traumatologia – SPOT Portugal
Romanian Orthopaedic and Traumatology Society – SOROT ROMANIA
Serbian Orthopaedic and Traumatology Association – SOTA SERBIA
Slovak Orthopaedic and Traumatologic Society – SOTS SLOVAKIA
Slovenian Orthopaedic Society – ZOSZD SLOVENIA
South African Orthopaedic Association – SAOA SOUTH AFRICA
Sociedad Espagñola de Cirugia Ortopedica y Traumatologia – SECOT SPAIN
Swedish Orthopaedic Association – SOF SWEDEN
Swiss Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology – SSOT SWITZERLAND
Royal College of Orthopaedic Surgeons of Thailand – RCOST THAILAND
Société Tunisienne de Chirurgie Orthopédique et Traumatologique – SOTCOT TUNISIA
Turkish Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology – TOTBID TURKEY
American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons – AAOS UNITED STATES
AO Foundation
Association of Study and Application of Methodology of Ilizarov – ASAMI
European Federation of National Associations of Orthopaedics and Traumatology – EFORT
European Society for Trauma and Emergency Surgery – ESTES
Eurospine, the Spine Society of Europe
World Society for Reconstructive Microsurgery – WSRM
Société Internationale de Chirurgie Orthopédique et de Traumatologie – SICOT
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Hinsenkamp M (2013) Violence against healthcare workers. Int Orthop 37:2321–2322
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Hinsenkamp, M. SICOT Declaration of Hyderabad on violence against healthcare workers. International Orthopaedics (SICOT) 38, 685–687 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00264-014-2311-4
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