Tougher liquor control needed on the evidence of emergency rooms
Tougher liquor control needed on the evidence of emergency rooms
- And if that is not despicable enough, the drunk and his or her inebriated companions are often abusive and violent to emergency room staff trying to deal with them. "Absolutely diabolical," our heading on this story yesterday, was the gentlest description doctors could have given. They said it wasn't uncommon for to be vomited on, spat at, verbally abused, threatened, pushed and wrestled with as they were trying to help these people. Others were semi-comatose, unable to speak and lying in pools of their own vomit. As one doctor put it, they are "over" dealing with these people.
- And if that is not despicable enough, the drunk and his or her inebriated companions are often abusive and violent to emergency room staff trying to deal with them. "Absolutely diabolical," our heading on this story yesterday, was the gentlest description doctors could have given. They said it wasn't uncommon for to be vomited on, spat at, verbally abused, threatened, pushed and wrestled with as they were trying to help these people. Others were semi-comatose, unable to speak and lying in pools of their own vomit. As one doctor put it, they are "over" dealing with these people.