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As bad workdays go, Jan. 3, 2015, will easily go down as the worst for Scott Sharp. He was working the midnight shift at the Guelph General Hospital (GGH), and there was a “skeleton crew,” on that night, he said, during an interview at a downtown Perth coffee shop on Thursday, Nov. 23. He could hear “a patient being verbally abusive … (which is) a clue as to how your night is going to go.” A six-foot-four, 260 lb patient was being “verbally and physically abusive,” and Sharp, a personal support worker (PSW) was called “to assist with the restraining,” of the patient. Sharp was clear that restraining a patient “is the very last resort,” if a patient is a danger to themselves or others – and this patient was both. “He broke loose from the wrist lock … and he hit me,” said Sharp. He hit the wall and fell under the gurney, suffering a spinal injury. (He has also been diagnosed with acute chronic pain, as well as depression.) He was in a wheelchair for a year, but apart from the rehabilitation and surgeries he needed, he and his family See VIOLENCE page P2
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