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Nurses report being spat on and assaulted due to coronavirus fears

Nurses report being spat on and assaulted due to coronavirus fears

Updated.

April 05, 2020 17: 05:49

Nurses and midwives throughout NSW are being told to not wear their scrubs outside medical facility in the wake of several health care workers reporting being attacked and spat on by members of the public.

Key points:

  • Police were contacted us to assist a pregnant midwife who was abused at a McDonald’s drive-through
  • ” Anxious clients” awaiting infection screening are spitting on nurses at Sydney Hospital
  • The NSW Health Minister states the abusers are a “little minority” of the general public

NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard today berated the “undesirable” behaviour of people who abused

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