Manitoba nurses plead for protection after hospital assault - OHS Canada Magazine

Manitoba nurses plead for protection after hospital assault - OHS Canada Magazine

Violence against front-line health-care workers continues to escalate in Manitoba, with the latest incident at Health Sciences Centre (HSC) leaving a health-care aide choked and a nurse assaulted on Oct. 19. The attack, which occurred in the emergency department while staff were attending to a patient accessing mental-health services, has renewed calls from nurses and their union for urgent action to make hospitals safer. “This is not just a mat…