Jim Tucker is concerned about the terrible treatment hospital staff are sometimes subjected to by patients. It happened on the floor above the doctor's office in one of the many buildings at Taranaki Base Hospital in New Plymouth. 123rf Jim Tucker discusses how hospital staff are facing physical, verbal, psychological abuse around the country. Until today, when I read of the appalling behaviour hospital staff face from patients these days. The Taranaki Base Hospital floor where the table thrower vented his or her rage is the mental health centre, which probably accounts for the fact nothing appeared in the news via the courts.

Source: Stuff July 11, 2019 00:00 UTC