State Senate committee to study violence against health care workers

Screams are heard from a Northeast Georgia Health System patient room, as the patient pins a nurse against a door and pushes her head into it with his hands. Elsewhere, a patient grabs a member of the staff by the wrist and twists while kicking her in the side of her ribs. These are some of the examples provided by NGHS officials including Kevin Matson, the health system’s vice president of facilities, support services and oncology, regarding the violence against health care workers that has increased in the past year.

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