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Shootings and other attacks are increasing at hospitals across the U.S., contributing to health care becoming one of the nations most violent fields.

Shootings and other attacks are increasing at hospitals across the U.S., contributing to health care becoming one of the nations most violent fields.

Stats from the Bureau of Labor Statistics show that American health care workers are now far more likely to suffer nonfatal injuries by violence than workers in any other profession, including law enforcement.

The shooting took place at Legacy Good Samaritan Medical Center in Portland, Oregon on Saturday, July 22, 2023.

Numbers from the Bureau of Labor Statistics show American health care workers are now far more likely to suffer nonfatal injuries by violence than workers in any other profession, including law enforcement. They racked up 73% of all such injuries in 2018, the most recent year for which figures are available.

Word spread through an Oregon hospital last month that a visitor was causing trouble in the maternity ward, and nurses were warned the man might try to abduct his partner’s

A wave of gun violence is sweeping through U.S. hospitals and medical centers, which have struggled to adapt to the growing threats.

Shootings and other attacks are increasing at hospitals across the U.S., contributing to health care becoming one of the nation's most violent fields.

The shooting at Legacy Good Samaritan Medical Center in Portland was part of a wave of gun violence sweeping through hospitals and medical centers across the country

Health care becoming one of America’s most violent fields as number of attacks at medical centers surge, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.