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B.C. logged more than 1,800 health-care workplace violence claims last year: Data | Globalnews.ca

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More than a third of last year ’s incidents, 649 , involved nurse aids, orderlies and patient service associates.

There were 525 incidents of violence against registered and licensed practical nurses and 471 against social and community service workers.

The numbers come as no surprise to Doctors of B.C. Association president Dr. Ahmer Karimuddin .