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Legacy directs nurses, ED staff to act as security, pat down patients

The new directive, following the recent fatal shooting of a security guard, sparked outrage among staff who say it will endanger them
by
Jake Thomas
|The Lund Report Premium
August 17, 2023
 
Following the shooting at Good Samaritan hospital in Portland, pictured here, Legacy Health is directing some nurses and emergency department staff to search incoming patients for weapons when security officers aren’t available. | JAKE THOMAS/THE LUND REPORT

For weeks since the fatal shooting of Bobby Smallwood at Legacy Good Samaritan in Portland, and for years before that, nurses and other L

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Following the shooting at Good Samaritan hospital in Portland, pictured here, Legacy Health is directing some nurses and emergency department staff to search incoming patients for weapons when security officers aren’t available.
Following the shooting at Good Samaritan hospital in Portland, pictured here, Legacy Health is directing some nurses and emergency department staff to search incoming patients for weapons when security officers aren’t available.