Nurses are calling for Kansas City’s largest healthcare system to increase security at hospitals

A woman was shot to death while visiting a patient at Centerpoint Medical Center in Independence, Missouri, last month.

The killing has renewed calls for increased security measures at hospitals in the Kansas City metro.

Nurses from Research and Menorah medical centers held a news conference following last month’s shooting, urging HCA Healthcare, the parent organization, to provide metal detectors and trained security guards at all patient and visitor entrances throughout the hospital system…

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