Healthcare staff face rising abuse as anti-vaxxers offer bribes

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A healthcare worker who works across several of Western’s Health’s state-run vaccine centres said there had been a surge in abuse, threats and aggressive behaviour. | MeljCunningham epearson_3

Pfizer vaccine doses being prepared at the Western Health Sunshine Hospital COVID-19 vaccination hub in March.“People are becoming quite frustrated and angry about the fact they are being forced to get a vaccine, and they are taking it out on the staff,” said the nurse, who spoke to“They are shouting at the front desk, at the admin staff and behaving aggressively towards the nurses in the cubicles vaccinating them.“They are telling us, ‘We don’t want to be here.

Lisa Smith, project director at the West Metro COVID-19 Vaccination Program, confirmed there had been a recent increase in violence towards staff at Western Health’s vaccination hubs and said additional measures to protect staff had been implemented.“When there have been unlawful attempts to influence staff at vaccination sites, this has been reported and referred to Victoria Police,” she said.

Dr Price said she knew of one colleague who had been offered a substantial amount of money to “tip a vaccine down a drain” and say they had injected the person, but attempts to bribe healthcare workers were rare. Australian Nursery and Midwifery Federation Victorian branch secretary Lisa Fitzpatrick said any violence or aggression towards healthcare workers was unacceptable.Meanwhile, an investigation is under way into allegations that invalid COVID-19 vaccination exemptions were handed out by a doctor in Melbourne’s west after crowds of people were seen arriving at their clinic in recent weeks.

Asked how many medical exemptions had been issued, Mr Foley said: “One is one too many, but that work is under way”. On Monday, the practice was closed, accepting only telehealth appointments.

Source: Healthcare Press (healthcarepress.net)

 

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MeljCunningham epearson_3 Israel Singapore failed with 2 jabs! Started so called 3rd and 4th booster jabs. Africa is doing better by taking artemisinin. India and Japan started Ivermectin! Who is collecting money from the vax ? Vax is positive related with infection! Time to have alternate treatments

MeljCunningham epearson_3 Conservative media have incited the public from the start of covid Abuse should never be tolerated auspol Australia

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MeljCunningham epearson_3 This abuse started with the way you framed the debate in the negative way you do because of the partisan doctrine you practice.

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