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A Hospital Gives Its Staff Panic Buttons After Assaults By Patients Triple

Cox Medical Center in Branson, Mo., is implementing a personal panic button system for hundreds of its employees. Assaults of hospital staff tripled from 2019 to 2020, the hospital says. (Cox Medical Center)
Cox Medical Center in Branson, Mo., is implementing a personal panic button system for hundreds of its employees. Assaults of hospital staff tripled from 2019 to 2020, the hospital says. (Cox Medical Center)

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