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Staffing shortages, rise in workplace violence fueling strike at Butler Hospital 

Andrew Kimball-Mirzaie had been working at Butler Hospital less than two months when he was attacked by a patient.    At 30, Kimball-Mirzaie has the athletic build of someone who looks like he could defend himself if he had to. But he had no reason to think he might be in danger one afternoon in February […]

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Before the public outcry, South County Hospital cited for ‘deficiencies’ 

South County Hospital officials defending against accusations of mismanagement by a group of doctors have stressed that state and federal regulators recently found “no deficient practice” after a review at the hospital. But state and federal regulators last year cited the 100-bed hospital in Wakefield for several “deficiencies,” including one of the highest severity, according […]

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