Close X
Thursday, November 14, 2024
ADVT 
National

Nurses Union, B.C. Government Invest Millions To Prevent Health-Care Assaults

The Canadian Press, 06 Aug, 2015 11:44 AM
    VANCOUVER — A string of assaults against health care workers has prompted the B.C. Nurses' Union and the provincial government to invest $2 million in violence prevention at four high-risk hospitals.
     
    Health Minister Terry Lake and union president Gayle Duteil announced today that the province and union will each contribute $1 million, after months of working together on a plan to tackle the chronic issue.
     
    The four sites to receive funding are the Forensic Psychiatric Hospital in Port Coquitlam, Hillside Centre in Kamloops, Seven Oaks Tertiary Mental Health in Victoria and Abbotsford Regional Hospital.
     
    Depending on the site, upgrades over the next few months may include new distress button and communication systems, increasing staffing levels and improving mental-health education and training.
     
     
    Duteil says 12 priority sites have been chosen and she hopes to move quickly to improve conditions at eight other hospitals, but no timeline has been provided.  
     
    She says a nurse who was seriously assaulted at Hillside Centre in April has returned to work, but a nurse who was badly beaten in Abbotsford Regional Hospital in March is still recovering.

    MORE National ARTICLES

    Peter Fassbender Eyes New Plan For Translink, Focuses On Public Confidence

    VANCOUVER — One of Premier Christy Clark's most respected ministers is vowing to restore confidence in Metro Vancouver's transit authority plagued by ongoing criticism and the recent defeat at the polls of a multibillion-dollar transportation plan. 

    Peter Fassbender Eyes New Plan For Translink, Focuses On Public Confidence

    Verdict In Canadian Journalist Mohamed Fahmy's Re-trial Postponed Until Aug. 29

    CAIRO — An Egyptian court postponed announcing a verdict in the much criticized case of Mohamed Fahmy once again on Sunday — a move the Canadian journalist described as "crippling."

    Verdict In Canadian Journalist Mohamed Fahmy's Re-trial Postponed Until Aug. 29

    Abbotsford Police Issue Public Warning About Sex Offender James Conway

    Abbotsford Police Issue Public Warning About Sex Offender James Conway
    Forty-year-old James Conway is six feet four inches tall, weighs 240 pounds and has brown hair and blue eyes

    Abbotsford Police Issue Public Warning About Sex Offender James Conway

    Man Attacked By A Group Of Men Outside Metrotown Shopping Centre In Burnaby

    Man Attacked By A Group Of Men Outside Metrotown Shopping Centre In Burnaby
    The victim suffered serious head injuries and was rushed to hospital after the attack just outside The Bay before 2 a.m.

    Man Attacked By A Group Of Men Outside Metrotown Shopping Centre In Burnaby

    Canadian Pacific Crews Dealing With Coal Train Derailment Near Sparwood, B.C.

    Canadian Pacific Crews Dealing With Coal Train Derailment Near Sparwood, B.C.
    SPARWOOD, B.C. — A Canadian Pacific Railway freight train carrying coal has derailed near the southeastern British Columbia community of Sparwood.

    Canadian Pacific Crews Dealing With Coal Train Derailment Near Sparwood, B.C.

    'Bare With Us': Ontario's 'Bare-Breasted Sisters' Host Topless Protest Rally In Waterloo, Ont.

    'Bare With Us': Ontario's 'Bare-Breasted Sisters' Host Topless Protest Rally In Waterloo, Ont.
    The sisters say they're hoping their "Bare With Us" rally at Waterloo Town Square will educate people — and police — about women's right to be topless if they so choose

    'Bare With Us': Ontario's 'Bare-Breasted Sisters' Host Topless Protest Rally In Waterloo, Ont.