Safety is not enforced at BC Hospitals

I’ve not heard a peep from the harm reduction activists who threw frontline nurses and docs under the bus with their lie that @Dave_Eby’s decriminalization failure wasn’t putting staff at risk of illicit drug exposure (and violence, too). pic.twitter.com/ia2gT7lB4h

— Amy Eileen Hamm (@preta_6) November 5, 2024

1130 News is reporting that "A frontline security worker is going public with his frustrations over how he’s allowed to deal with aggression, violence, and drug use in hospitals in the Fraser Health Authority region."

“'We can not remove aggressive persons from the property or stop anyone from smoking illicit substances,' said the security worker. We can ask them to stop, but we just have to wait for the police to arrive and, while this happens, I cannot do anything physically like we used to be allowed to if the person is non-compliant or aggressive,' he added."

“‘It’s actually quite comical. The BC Nurses Union constantly brings safety to the forefront of their concerns, while within Fraser Health, our Integrated Protection Services coordinators and managers who oversee us Relational Security Officers and supervisors directly, put policies in place to make our job more difficult.” Exactly. If a  drug addicts is being violent or using illicit drugs in a BC hospital, security is not allowed to stop them or remove them. They have to call a cop first. 

Security in a shopping mall or a movie theatre can kick someone out for using drugs or being violent but security in BC hospitals can't. That's proof that Bonnie Henry and David Eby don't give a that's a*s about nurses or the public.