As a healthcare worker I have been and seen many of my co workers violently assaulted by patients and members of the public with zero consequences for the assaulter. I would like to propose a designated person in all healthcare facilities that is there to handle these cases and ensure the perpetrator is mentally fit to stand trial and then get in contact with the district attorney to have them prosecuted. Too many hospitals and other healthcare facilities have let this slide for too long and it needs to end.
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So true. Then if a healthcare worker reacts and strikes back you lose your career and face criminal time as well. But we are supposed to stand there and be abused and there are no consequences to the abuse because they are “the patient”