InQuinte.ca | Quinte Health Looking Into Improved Security at Local Hospitals

InQuinte.ca | Quinte Health looking into improved security at local hospitals

Quinte Health is looking into beefing up security in certain areas of local hospitals and updating its overall security system to better protect patients, staff and visitors. The organization’s President and CEO Stacey Daub said this is triggered by a few incidents of people threatening violence on hospital premises, necessitating police involvement. One of them occurred this past March, when a security guard was stabbed by a male patient. Daub …

Ongoing security reviews in local hospitals

Quinte Health is making a concerted to educate its staff and improve planning to ensure the safety of both staff and patients. Occasionally police have had to respond to local hospitals, especially Belleville General, to deal with patients or visitors threatening violence. Quinte Health CEO Stacey Daub says each department has its own taskforce on safety and a security expert is available to educate staff. https://media-cdn.socastsrm.com/wordpr…