Cash-rich hospitals have done little to prevent violence against nurses and other medical staff
Raquel Rutledge, Daphne Chen and John Diedrich, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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5:45 pm UTC Jan. 13, 2021
Cash-rich hospitals have done little to prevent violence against nurses and other medical staff
Raquel Rutledge, Daphne Chen and John Diedrich, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Published
5:45 pm UTC Jan. 13, 2021
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Photos submitted by health care workers from across the country injured in attacks by patients.
The 24-year-old nurse at Froedtert Hospital sensed no reason to worry when she went into a patient’s room one morning in August. Staff was preparing the young man for discharge and a co-worker had asked her if she would take his vitals.
1 dead, 2 injured in overnight shootings
92nd and Custer
A 36-year-old Milwaukee man was fatally shot on the 5400 block of 92nd Street around 10:30 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 12.
Police say a 35-year-old male suspect was arrested.
The shooting appears to be the result of an argument.
The incident will be referred to the Milwaukee County District Attorney s Office.
25th and Auer
A 27-year-old Milwaukee man was inside his car when shots were fire and subsequently struck him.
Police say it happened around 1:04 a.m. on the 2500 block of Auer Sunday, Dec. 13.
The victim was treated at a local hospital for non-life threatening injuries.
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