Ohio doctors address challenges of 'workplace violence' for overloaded hospital staff
Hospital leaders around the state are pleading for unvaccinated people to get the COVID-19 shot. They say medical facilities are getting crushed by a wave of COVID patients and the vast majority are unvaccinated.
Dr. Bruce Vanderhoff, Ohio Department of Health director, underscored the severity of the latest COVID surge, and emphasized that it's mostly unvaccinated people who are severely sick and dying.
Dr. David Custodio, president of the Summa Health System Akron Campus, added that hospital staff is also dealing with hostility and frustration.
"Workplace violence in the hospitals has always been a challenge and during these times of high stress where loved ones are in the hospital -- we're seeing more and more frustration with this," says Custodio. "And yes on a regular basis, some family members, not all, but some in those highly charged situations, do not treat our employees with the kindness that we would expect as we're working to save their lives."
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