A nurse has suffered a head injury as attacks on health workers in the Townsville Hospital’s mental health units continue. A male nurse in the acute mental health ward was assaulted by a patient about two weeks ago and required medical treatment. The source said the patient lashing out was another case of the far too many attacks that happened against health workers. “No one deserves to be punched and spat on for simply trying to do their job,” they said. The assault comes despite the increased presence of security in the mental health services group, ordered by hospital management.
