WYOMING, Mich. — Patients who visit University of Michigan Health – West will find a new weapons detection system at the hospital’s emergency department.
This system, which is part of the hospital’s ongoing efforts to boost safety for patients, visitors and staff, was installed at the department’s front entrance on Tuesday.
It comes as hospitals across the country see an increase in verbal threats and physical aggression toward healthcare workers since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, including in the ER, according to University of Michigan Health-West Senior Media Relations Specialist Chris Zoladz…