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For the third time in one weekend: A nurse was attacked in a hospital | Israel Today

2021-12-19T11:11:35.327Z


Katie Lurie, a nurse at Avernable Hospital, was attacked - and evacuated to Wolfson Medical Center • Lurie: "I was not trained to be a security guard" • Chairman of the Brothers and Sisters Association:


Third case of violence over the weekend:

A nurse was attacked yesterday (Saturday) with severe violence in her face by a patient at Abernival Hospital and was evacuated for medical treatment at Wolfson Hospital.

"I come to work every day knowing that today I might get hurt and here it happened to me," says Katie Lurie, the nurse who was attacked during the evening hours.

"I was not trained to perform the role of a security guard, I am a nurse and my job is to provide the best medical response to patients. It is sad that I have to return home with scratches and physical and mental injuries, especially if it could have been predicted and prevented. All I ask is to reach my family safely. At home. "

Katie Lurie,

Following the serious incident, the Histadrut Brothers and Sisters will hold an emergency emergency meeting with the committees in the mental health hospitals to intensify the organizational measures.

This, in protest of the violence and abandonment of the security of the brothers and sisters.

"The responsibility for this severe violence lies with the Israeli government and its leader. Failure to implement the agreement to eradicate violence and place security guards in mental health hospitals as required would certainly have prevented the attacks over the weekend. ", Says Ilana Cohen, chair of the Brothers and Sisters Association.

She adds that "the Ministry of Health and the Government of Israel continue to sit idly by and abandon the brothers and sisters who experience severe acts of violence during their work that harm their physical and mental health. This is a national emergency that requires immediate solutions that can no longer continue. The brothers and sisters. "

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Source: israelhayom

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