Seven police, eight hospital staff needed to restrain one ice user, inquiry hears

By Julie Power
June 4 2019 - 5:00pm
The inquiry heard patients were dying, and intoxicated patients routinely required multiple staff to restrain them.
The inquiry heard patients were dying, and intoxicated patients routinely required multiple staff to restrain them.

It took 15 people to restrain one violent man who was highly intoxicated on ice in a hospital last Thursday, senior nurse Christopher Waters said in Dubbo on Tuesday.

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