Ireland -- The IHCA has called on the Health Service Executive (HSE) to fulfil its legal obligations and duty of care to its staff following a number of attacks on its members.
Consultant psychiatrist Dr Jane Falvey, from St Senan’s, Enniscorthy, told the conference she had recently had a narrow escape after a patient tried to assault her.
The secretary general of the association Mr Finbarr Fitzpatrick said they had asked the HSE for a security review of hospitals.
“In one instance,” he said, “I know the panic buttons were tested in a hospital and something like 12 out of 24 did not work. In another instance,” he said, “where a consultant was attacked, he had to ring the switch rather than ring the panic button because it wasn’t there.”
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