In this June 2024 photo, Teresa Decalles participates in a first-year registered nurse program at UMass Memorial Medical Center in Worcester. Throughout the state, a hospital worker is the victim of abuse every 36 minutes, with nurses and emergency department workers most at risk.

Every 36 minutes: Amid rising rates of abuse, Central Mass. healthcare providers are pushing state legislation to make hospitals safer for workers

Steve Walsh, president and CEO of the Massachusetts Health & Hospital Association, delivered a grim message during an April legislative session: every 36 minutes a Massachusetts hospital worker faces either an act of violence or threat.
Every 36 minutes: Amid rising rates of abuse, Central Mass. healthcare providers are pushing state legislation to make hospitals safer for workers