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Letters to The Sun: Safety in hospitals should be a national priority

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Summary
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58% Informative

Hospital staff were threatened by an individual yielding a machete at Port Moody Hospital .

Health-care providers have an estimated four-fold higher rate of workplace violence.

Half of such attacks occur in the emergency department, says Alan Drummond , Canadian Association of Emergency Physicians .

Low-barrier housing is an absolute necessity because of the number of people who use substances and require housing.

VR Score

59

Informative language

58

Neutral language

27

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

54

Offensive language

likely offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

medium-lived

Source diversity

1