Nurses voice frustration over patient violence

Violence committed against nurses and other medical staff at hospitals is a growing issue, trade union Pasydy’s nurses’ branch leader Prodromos Argyrides said on Wednesday, saying that nurses “do not know what else to do” with the situation remaining unsolved.

“Every two or three months, we have a new incidence of violence at an accident and emergency unit. Workers are being attacked and we are very afraid that if a solution is not found, the time will come when we will not only be talking about verbal violence and petty attacks...