The recent spate of mass shootings, including an incident that claimed four lives at a Tulsa hospital, is driving efforts to enact new safeguards for health workers and enhanced penalties for individuals who use dangerous weapons on medical campuses.
But there are still questions about how much security is too much -- and over the merits of new mandates.
A 2018 shooting at Chicago's Mercy Hospital & Medical Center touched off a debate over whether a one-size-fits-all approach to security is appropriate,. Not all hospitals installed metal detectors despite a push by some state lawmakers to require it. COVID often forced health care workers to become middlemen, communicating by phone with family members separate from hospitalized loved ones.While hardening defenses against active shooters or increasing penalties for violent behavior may help, they don't address the underlying cycle of gun violence.
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