The Southern District Health Board is not concerned by an apparent 80% rise in physical assaults on staff at Wakari Hospital. There were 82 assaults in the first five months of this year, compared with 109 for all of 2016. It suggests an 80% increase, or 75% more on a four-year combined average. SDHB chief operating officer Lexie O’Shea, in a statement, said the numbers did not indicate a concerning trend.
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