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Six Dismissed at Hospital After Video of Assault on Patient

Wilmington News Journal

WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) - A Delaware hospital says four private security officers and two supervisors are no longer employed after a videotaped incident in which a man was beaten and kicked while being restrained.

Christiana Care Health System spokeswoman Karen Browne said in a prepared statement Tuesday that the Feb. 24 incident at Wilmington Hospital does not reflect the company's values.

The video was obtained by The News Journal of Wilmington. It shows a man being repeatedly struck while four security officers are trying to restrain him on a bench in a small room, where he is handcuffed to a wall.

Details on why the man was at the hospital or what led to the altercation were not immediately available.

Don Rush is the News Director at Delmarva Public Media. An award-winning journalist, Don reports major local issues of the day, from sea level rise, to urban development, to the changing demographics of Delmarva.