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[–] lath@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I would think it's usually by family members of the patients, but to be a patient in the hospital, your body is no longer obeying regular functions, so the unexpected becomes the norm.

Its usually patients, they often don't have full capacity (either altered for organic underlying reasons, or substance use, etc..) and usually for that reason it goes unreported.

[–] Jake_Farm@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

If they aren't responsible for their actions they should be considered legally incompetent by the state and their guardian should have to pay damages.

[–] lath@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

That's silly. If professionals can't subdue a person completely out of control, you can't expect a layman to do it instead.

[–] Jake_Farm@sopuli.xyz 1 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

There are a lot of legal restrictions on how the hospital is allowed respond to violent patients

[–] lath@lemmy.world 0 points 10 hours ago

Call ICE. They have zero legal restrictions.