Workplace Violence in Healthcare
Workplace violence in healthcare is at an unprecedented level. In fact, nearly 75% of workplace assaults occur in a healthcare setting. To understand how prevalent this issue is, we’ve compiled several news articles on incidents that recently occurred.
Shocking rise in attacks on hospital staff
‘I didn’t think we’d need security guards at A&E’
Florida Man Attacks Hospital Security Guards And Police
Florida Man Attacks Hospital Security Guards And Police Before Sounding Fire Alarm
The daily hazard proving untenable in hospitals and strategies to curb it
“There is a very fundamental problem in U.S. healthcare that very few people speak about … and that’s violence against healthcare workers,”
Health care workers are now spit on and ‘threatened every day at work’
Once lauded as heroes, health care workers are now spit on and ‘threatened every day at work’
43-year-old certified nursing assistant was fatally shot at a Philadelphia hospital early Monday morning
The suspect was a coworker of the shooting victim, police said.
Man punched nurse over wife’s COVID-19 shot
Police searching for a man suspected of punching a nurse in the face for giving his wife a COVID-19 vaccine without his consent.
Woman Stabbed Morton Hospital Employee Multiple Times
The 44-year-old employee was outside the hospital around 1:15 p.m. when police say Disharoon walked up behind her, pulled her ponytail, and punched and stabbed her several times times.
Kicked In The Ribs. Harassed At Vaccine Sites. Health Care Workers Are Tired Of New ‘Normal’
“There’s not a week that goes by that we do not hear about an instance in which a patient or family member was verbally or physically aggressive with staff,”
Medical workers facing more violence during COVID-19 surge
Some health systems across the state are seeing an unexpected complication from the COVID-19 pandemic — an increase in threats and violence against hospital staff.
Gangsters jailed after chasing and fatally stabbing NHS worker
David Gomoh, 24, was chased and knifed at least nine times ‘simply for the sake of it’ as he spoke to his girlfriend on the phone near his home in Canning Town, east London, on April 26 last year.