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Melbourne hospital records 4,000 staff attacks in one year

2 min · 1. juli 2026
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The Northern Hospital in Melbourne recorded over 4,000 violent incidents against healthcare staff in a single year, with security called 12 times daily. Healthcare workers face physical assaults, threats with weapons, and verbal abuse from patients affected by drugs, alcohol, mental illness, and frustration from long emergency wait times. See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

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