The Manitoba Nurses Union is raising concerns about safety issues in the emergency room of the Swan Valley Health Centre.
Among the issues outlined in a release by the MNU are escalating violence in the ER, random people walking off the elevator and into random rooms or staff rooms to help themselves to items in the fridge.
Another specific concern is that most of the hospital's security cameras are not working, which is especially troublesome when nurses have to go into the parking lot to administer harm reduction kits. They say this leaves both themselves and patients vulnerable.
Other issues include a triage system that the MNU calls unsafe, and the overhead paging system in the building being down, making it difficult to alert people in the building about hospital codes.
MNU President Darlene Jackson says top priorities right now for the union include getting all on-site cameras working and having consistent security at the facility.
She adds they would also like to see an institutional safety officer in the emergency room.
