June 27, 2025
RED FM News Desk
PORT MOODY, BC – Following a series of violent incidents at Eagle Ridge Hospital in Port Moody, including a nurse suffering a dislocated jaw and another being threatened with a machete, Elenore Sturko, MLA for Surrey South with the Conservative Party of British Columbia, is calling for immediate and concrete action from the NDP government.
A CBC investigation has uncovered a pattern of serious workplace violence within Fraser Health facilities. Allegations also suggest that healthcare workers who spoke out faced retaliation or silence from the authority. Both recent incidents are now part of a lawsuit filed in B.C. Supreme Court, alleging a toxic and unsafe work environment at the hospital.
Sturko emphasized the inadequacy of current security measures. “The Public Safety Minister confirmed that the government’s Relational Security Officers are NOT licensed to deal with weapons and violence,” she stated. “The government must shift to a healthcare safety model that is equipped to deal with the risk faced by healthcare workers every day.”
Fraser Health currently relies on relational security officers, who are private security staff not licensed to respond to violent or armed individuals. Critics, including frontline healthcare workers, have consistently warned that this model is insufficient for today’s emergency departments, where assaults and threats are becoming increasingly common.
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