The World Health Organization estimates that as many as 38% of health-care workers suffer some form of physical violence, perpetrated mostly by patients and visitors, at some point in their careers. Sadly, this is a relatively common experience for health-care workers in Nigeria, especially women. Surveys conducted in hospitals in Kaduna state and Abia state found that 64% and 88% of health workers, respectively, had experienced workplace violence. One study found that some 76% of psychiatric nurses who suffered from workplace violence subsequently experienced depressive symptoms. When we fail to uphold this right for health-care workers, we hurt not only them, but also the health of the public they serve.