Chicago hospitals reviewing security after fatal shooting

A new law will require violence-prevention training and other security measures


Chicago-area hospitals are reviewing security policies and lawmakers are looking at measures to increase security after last month's shooting at Mercy Hospital that left four people dead,  according to an article on the NBC Chicago website.

Amita Health's 19 hospitals and Advocate Aurora Health are among the organizations planning to provide more in-person safety training and refreshers on policy, the article said.

Rep. La Shawn K. Ford of Chicago and Sen. Laura Murphy of Des Plaines are reviving a push for a law that would require hospitals have metal detectors.

But some hospital officials believe metal detectors aren't a good fit for their facilities. 

Read the article.



December 10, 2018


Topic Area: Security


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