Mental health nurses are "so worried about their safety" and more needs to be done, union says.

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Call for stab-proof vests, personal alarms after nurse attacked

Achamma Cherian has been pictured for the first time after she was allegedly stabbed with scissors at Royal Oldham Hospital on Saturday - a man, Rumon Haque, has been charged with her attempted murder

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Achamma Cherian was allegedly attacked at the Acute Medical Unit

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A union is mulling whether stab-proof vests and personal alarms should be rolled out for nurses after one was stabbed while on the job.

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A nurse was stabbed during an after-hours callout. 
Mental health nurses may soon be equipped with stab-proof vests and personal alarms following the stabbing of a nurse in New Zealand during an after-hours callout in December. She was a member of the acute mental health response team and was attending an incident in Rotorua. She has since been discharged from the hospital after undergoing surgery and is recovering at home. The New Zealand Nurse…

Union mulls stab-proof vests, personal alarms after nurse attacked

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