| Do you depend on others to protect you? Who | | | | others floors with the same complaint. Nick was |
| do you depend on? The police? The Sheriff's | | | | searching for the guy when he was reported to |
| department? Strangers around you? | | | | be in the E.R. When Nick approached him, he ran |
| How many times have we all read or heard about | | | | back into the Hospital. The Management approved |
| someone getting mugged or worse while | | | | the call to the local Police Dept who arrived and |
| bystanders stood around and watched? | | | | after a lengthy search found him. The Police was |
| We had some friends over for dinner the other | | | | about to do the stuff & cuff routine when |
| night. Nick, not his real name, was telling me about | | | | the Hospital management intervened. " No, we |
| an incident at the hospital where he is a security | | | | don't want him arrested, just make him leave! |
| guard. Now this small town community hospital | | | | The police officers were a little disappointed, but |
| has a real laid back culture. The powers that be | | | | relieved not to have to do the required |
| don't want to make any waves or have any bad | | | | paperwork. |
| publicity. It seems that this strange fellow was | | | | The suspicious guy left walking across the parking |
| hanging around the hospital way past visiting | | | | lot. The Police left and went back to doing what |
| hours. Finally at about midnight Fred told the guy | | | | cops do at 3:00AM. |
| to leave. The guy told Fred where he could put | | | | You're right! At about 3:30AM The phone rings. Its |
| that suggestion, where "the sun never shines" if | | | | the husband of one of the nurses. She is in her |
| you know what I mean. Nick threatened to call | | | | car in the parking lot and afraid to get out. This |
| the local Police and the guy left. Well Nick is | | | | weird looking guy was lurking around her car. The |
| required to get the OK from the Hospital | | | | nurse has called her husband, who is now on the |
| Management before any thing drastic is done like | | | | way down there to get this guy! |
| calling the police. Upon checking Nick was told the | | | | The end's OK, the guy ran when the police |
| guy was OK, his grandmother was in the hospital. | | | | returned which was good because the husband |
| Well sure enough a few minutes later the guy | | | | was out for blood. |
| was back making a pest of himself. The | | | | Bottom line is this: The hospital would not protect |
| administrator instructed Nick to tell the guy to | | | | the patients, or the nurses. The Hospital would not |
| stay in the room with the grandmother. Nick | | | | let Nick do his job and would not let the police do |
| escorted him to the Grandmother's room and told | | | | theirs. Can you imagine being asleep in a hospital |
| him to stay there. | | | | room and awakened by a stranger who is NOT a |
| About a half hour later, Nick was called by one of | | | | nurse or doctor? Be prepared! You have a right |
| the nurses that a suspicious man was going into | | | | to self defense. Get a survival mindset. Don't be a |
| patients rooms. Several more calls came in from | | | | victim. |