As the number of seriously ill COVID patients continues to rise in hospitals through California and Arizona, doctors and nurses have needed the protection of security guards to keep them safe from angry and frustrated family members of patients.

It’s difficult to hear that a hospitalized relative is not doing well. It’s equally difficult when entry restrictions prevent visitors from seeing their ailing loved ones. More and more, this frustration is being taken out on doctors and nurses. Verbal and sometimes physical abuse is now commonplace.

Security Guards Provide Protection. When family members become agitated, hospital security guards are trained to step in to help calm the situation and protect hospital employees from physical harm. Security guards can remove the misbehaving individuals from hospital property. If bad behavior continues, guards contact law enforcement.

Security guards have been working closely with medical facilities since the pandemic began. Initially, duties were primarily checking visitors’ temperatures before they were allowed to enter a facility. Those duties evolved to also checking for vaccination proof and informing visitors about limited visiting protocol. As hospitals evoked tougher entry rules to help stem further virus spread, hospital staff began seeing more angry and abusive behavior from family members and even patients.

Unfortunately, we expect this kind of bad behavior to continue. To request a security quote for hospital security guard services in California and Arizona, give Access Control Security a call at 877-482-7324 or Click Here to Get a Quote.