Washington hospitals seeing increased level of violence

The increase coincides with a spike in the rate of patients who, after being charged with crimes, were found not competent to stand trial


After years of declining violence, patients at Washington hospitals are now attacking staff at the highest rate in a decade, according to an article on The Seattle Times website.

This is while reports of attacks on other patients have generally gone down.

The increase coincides with a spike in the rate of patients who, after being charged with crimes, were found not competent to stand trial.

Hospital officials dispute a connection between the two trends. They blame the uptick in violence on a younger and increasingly troubled patient population.

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October 15, 2018


Topic Area: Security


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