53 More news from the striking RNs. Here's another complaint they have regarding patient safety. Some dude walked into the hospital and raped three pts before getting caught. Where were the nurses? Short staffed and overloaded. Never, ever, ever leave your loved one alone in the hospital. (www.kwch.com) posted 1 year ago by dty6 1 year ago by dty6 +53 / -0 Man accused of raping 3 patients at Wichita hospital appears in court A man accused of raping three patients at Ascension Via Christi heard the charges against him in a Sedgwick County courtroom on Wednesday. 31 comments share 31 comments share save hide report block hide replies
Even if they got it. Probably would have only kept him a couple days, drugged him and shoved him back out the door.
They don’t have the bed space or staff to keep mental patients for as long as a lot of the patients actually need.
And there’s precious few other places to send them.
If he could even get a bed. Where I used to work, there was a holding room for psych pts. Transitional Unit. They would sometimes be there for 72 hrs without treatment, waiting for discharges on the unit. It's a pretty screwed up system.