Nurses at S.C. hospital feared for their safety even before shooting

Hospital leaders are pledging safety improvements


Staff at Regional Medical Center in Orangeburg say they were asking for improved security even before a gunman shot one of their colleagues, according to an article on the Post and Courier website.

Hospital leaders are now pledging safety improvements.

A hospital employee was shot April 10 by by a gunman who came to the ER.

At the time of the shooting, the front desk provided little security for any of them. It had no protective barrier, no bullet-proof glass, no metal detector, nothing but the unarmed workers staffing it.

Read the article.



May 8, 2019


Topic Area: Security


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