A Brutal Attack Upended Her Life. It Also Exposed Gaps in California’s Hospital Safety Laws

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The assault pulled like a riptide on Dr. Dani Golomb’s life, spinning her in unexpected directions, but not quite fully pulling her under.

Golomb was working on a California Pacific Medical Center inpatient psychology unit on Sept. 5, 2020, when a patient attacked and dragged her, grabbing her metal clipboard out of her hand and smashing it against her head, knocking her unconscious.

Golomb suffered a concussion and a traumatic brain injury, and the headaches and other symptoms still linger. She took multiple leaves of absence from her job, including one that lasted a year, setting her back on her journey to becoming a psychiatrist…

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