Wow, I wish I had the balls to make this retort to prisoners that used to be brought to the E.R. when I was still a resident.
I just hope he had a security guard like the one we used to have at our county hospital when I was a resident. This guy was close to 7 feet tall and built like a tank. Whenever such patients got a bit frisky, we'd just have him stand in the doorway. It usually calmed them right down.
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