Two security guards sacked for removing violent patient from busy emergency ward

By Rachel Olding
Updated January 17 2016 - 7:08pm, first published 6:12pm
HSU secretary Gerard Hayes, speaking to media outside Nepean Hospital, said security guards were being expected to operate in a "grey zone". Photo: Rachel Olding
HSU secretary Gerard Hayes, speaking to media outside Nepean Hospital, said security guards were being expected to operate in a "grey zone". Photo: Rachel Olding
Nepean Hospital security guard Barry Jennings was shot in the calf. Photo: Facebook
Nepean Hospital security guard Barry Jennings was shot in the calf. Photo: Facebook

Two security guards who forcibly removed a drunk and violent patient from Royal Prince Alfred Hospital's emergency ward have been sacked for misconduct, the latest in a string of security issues plaguing the NSW hospital system.

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