The BC Nurses’ Union is demanding answers after a nurse, at Kelowna General Hospital’s emergency department, was reportedly assaulted by a patient. “I think it’s a very tragic situation that absolutely could have been prevented,” said Christina Sorensen, BCNU’s president.
According to the B.C. Nurses’ Union, the nurse that was assaulted was supposed to be behind a safety barrier. “We ensured that the nurses would be behind a Plexiglas screen and a locked door.
For some reason there was a decision made that during the pandemic, that there would be a table set outside that secure location,” said Sorensen.
Sorensen says she’s extremely concerned to hear that the COVID-19 screening desk, where this nurse was working at the time, was allegedly