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Alan Pean- Collective Statement from Healthcare Professionals

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Anonymous
10 years ago

Unacceptable. AllLivesMatter

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Kohldon Boydston
10 years ago

Thoughts and prayers for the family and friends.

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Amber Kerr
10 years ago

I'm not a medical doctor, but you don't need to be a doctor or nurse to realize that Alan Pean was treated in a completely unacceptable and immoral manner. Hospitals should be places of healing, not violence.

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Jennifer Callender
10 years ago

My thoughts and prayers are with Alan and the Pean family.

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Tara Ralston
10 years ago

This should not have happened. I have been a nurse for 30 years, and can not imagine this event. Steps should be taken to make sure that it does not happen again.

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Sevgi Fernandez
10 years ago

This is totally unacceptable that a person seeking help could be treated in such an abhorrent fashion!

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Kimberly Stephens, CMA
10 years ago

Alan was a patient, not an inmate, but with that said, I treated inmates in my care at Marion Co. Jail better than this!

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Jennifer Visser
10 years ago

Put a stop to this terrible injustice! Patients need to know they can feel safe in a medical setting. The moment they don't, they will stop seeking medical care!

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Anonymous
10 years ago

Thoughts and prayers to Alan and his family. Justice must be done in this terrible injustice.

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Deborah Rose
10 years ago

WE NEED JUSTICE!!!!! What a despicable case.

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Anonymous
10 years ago

I have worked in healthcare for 20 years .. guns never need to be used. Ever.

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Laura Manges
10 years ago

I was formerly an OB-GYN nurse. I can remember dealing with ex-husbands and boyfriends, one or two with guns, but we were able to talk the anger down, with some assistance from Security. Noone was ever shot!

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Kerri Dodgens
10 years ago

In no way is it EVER ok to assault a patient that is being disruptive. There are always other options. Personally, I would feel less safe with armed officers around me at work. They clearly do not understand how to safely handle aggressive patients, and, in my opinion, would do more harm than good. We take an oath to do no harm. Bullet wounds clearly violate this oath.

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Marlon Woodward
10 years ago

We are outraged that someone who was discharged mere minutes after seeking care in a medical center and clearly needed referral and/or immediate treatment for mental health issues, is now a victim of 'shoot first, ask no questions at all' mentality of many in law enforcement who continue to drink the 'blue kool-aid'. GUNS have NO PLACE in HOSPITALS. PERIOD.

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Rick E. Thomas
10 years ago

Security and guns do not necessarily go in the same sentence.

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June T
10 years ago

Guns don't belong in hospitals ... or anywhere else in America for that matter.

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Brian Ellis
10 years ago

Without excuse.

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Brian Liu
10 years ago

Furthermore, Alan seems very thoughtful.

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Hans Frenken
10 years ago

Generally concerned about the treatment of patients in our mental health care system.

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Chana Bogsted
10 years ago

We need to start addressing people's mental health issues and solving them clinically, not through shooting them!