A high-risk mental health patient escaped the Canberra Hospital’s Adult Mental Health Unit (AMHU) by setting his mattress alight and fleeing through the facility’s fire door, the ABC can reveal. The man was one of four court-ordered patients in the facility, guarded by three security officers. He is believed to have set his mattress and bedding alight, triggering the facility’s fire alarm. An ACT Health spokeswoman said the alarm automatically disarmed the facility’s fire doors and the patient left the unit. “Nursing staff immediately alerted the security guard who proceeded to conduct a search,” she said. “AWOL (Absent Without Official Leave) procedures were enacted, including contact with ACT Policing and family.” The man returned of his own accord more than six hours later with “no incident or misadventure”, according to ACT Health.
August 30, 2018
Two men have been charged after a paramedic was assaulted and others threatened in a “cowardly” attack while treating a woman with cardiac arrest at a bar in Sydney’s Darling Harbour. Paramedics were called to King Street Wharf soon after midnight, where they found the 22-year-old woman unconscious and with a group of “agitated and aggressive” people, police said. The public order and riot squad was called after one paramedic allegedly was pushed. Another man operating a camera was arrested for hindering police.
August 30, 2018
Communities @ Work Limited is still defending a s.394 (Application for unfair dismissal remedy) before Fair Work President Kovacic in the Fair Work Commission CML Building 17 – 21 University Avenue Canberra (Gulia).
August 30, 2018
A Sydney hospital patient accused of slashing a nurse several times with two knives he found on the ward has been charged. The man is due to face court after being charged with wounding the nurse, who was caring for him in Blacktown Hospital on Monday night. The Whalan man, 47, allegedly armed himself began behaving erratically about 10pm on Monday, walking into patients’ rooms and taking photos with his mobile phone. The Health Services Union said the “sickening” attack highlights the need for specialist security guards. “Hospital staff go to work each day to care for the public and yet they are being treated as punching bags,” HSU NSW secretary Gerard Hayes said. The union has pushed for 250 extra hospital security officers with “constable powers” since a police officer and a security guard were shot at Nepean Hospital in 2016. “But all we get is talk,” Mr Hayes said.
August 29, 2018
Uniting Communities has a s.365 (Application to deal with general protections involving dismissal) with which it must deal before Fair Work Commissioner Riordan in his Sydney chambers (Cook).
August 29, 2018
Lyrebird Villages for the Aged Inc is facing a s.372 (Application to deal with general protections not involving dismissal) in front of Fair Work Vice President Catanzariti in his Sydney chambers (Webb).
August 29, 2018
The Health Services Union (051V) and Lyndoch Living Inc T/A Lyndoch Living have a s.739 (Application to deal with a dispute) on foot before Fair Work Commissioner Cribb in Conference Room E – Level 6 11 Exhibition St Melbourne 3000 today.
August 29, 2018
A man has allegedly slashed a nurse a number of times with two knives during an incident at Blacktown Hospital in Sydney. The attack has prompted a fresh call for specialist security forces in NSW hospitals. The man, a patient under the care of the nurse, allegedly began behaving erratically about 10pm on Monday night, walking into patients’ rooms and taking photos with his mobile phone. When the nurse, who was unaware he was armed, attempted to persuade him to return to his room, he allegedly attacked her with the knives, slashing her wrist and her clothing. She managed to escape the staffroom with the help of an elderly male patient, who closed the staffroom door and kept the man confined to the room until the arrival of security and police. Officers disarmed the 47-year-old man and arrested him. He remains at the hospital under police guard. The Health Services Union said the “sickening” attack highlights the need for specialist security guards.
