About two weeks ago a patient at a local hospital took their own life and it made local news. This incident has raised a few eyebrows on the topic of how secure hospitals are in the SWFL area and what steps are being taken to improve, or completely reform, security measures at these hospitals. After interviewing several people and gaining insight to the issue I think I have come up with a service to aid in this situation. Instead of the hospital hiring more security, they could contract a company that contracts people with security experience. Think of it as a "rent-a-guard" system. Services like these are commonplace in the city I live in since my friend Alan used to work for a valet company that used to send him to different locations every night to work valet. This system could be helpful in increasing security because the hospital would be more likely to rent workers rather than hiring new ones. Why not rent someone for a couple days a week who you don't have to provide benefits or additional resources for? My service would make sure all contracted individuals are experienced, have the ability to provide a clean drug test and pass a background check. Each hospital would be able to choose what type of contract they want to work with. They have the liberty of choosing how many guards they want to rent and the duration or frequency they'd like to rent them for. I believe that this option could prove to less costly than updating the surveillance systems at every NCH hospital (there are 3 in Naples) and provides a physical and immediate sense of security on the premises.
Hey Brandon, I think this is a great idea. I believe hospitals should have better security for their patients. My friend was in the hospital due to alcohol poisoning and he told me that there were no nurses or doctors in the room at one point and that made him very worried because something could go wrong and the nurses and doctors would not know. Overall, this was a great post!
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