Manitoba’s premier tells 680 CJOB institutional safety officers will be added to the Grace Hospital next week.
This comes after police say three staff members were sexually assaulted by a patient last week.
On Friday, Premier Wab Kinew and Health Minister Uzoma Asagwara met with workers at the hospital for around two hours.
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Kinew says the meeting featured plenty of emotion from staff.
“People are worried about their lives,” said Kinew. “But also worried about their colleagues who are dealing with the stress of being threatened on the job.”
Kinew says those officers will be in place by Wednesday. Azagwara says more than 130 institutional safety officers are in place at Manitoba hospitals.
The premier also says they’ll continue to work on getting patients seen at triage quicker, getting them into the medicine ward faster, and getting them home quicker which can help prevent many of these safety issues.
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