Wife Speaks Out After Hospital Security Guard Critically Injured by Patient

Attack on Hospital Security Guard

• 💔 The wife of 63-year-old Gardy Coriolan, a security guard at Mercy Hospital, is speaking out after he was critically injured.
• 🏥 Coriolan was attacked by a patient in the ER last Wednesday while defending a doctor.
• ⚡ The brutal beating resulted in cardiac arrest, and he is now on life support with 90% brain damage.

Calls for Stricter Penalties

• ⚖️ The accused attacker, 28-year-old Edward Lopez, is charged with assault.
• 📢 Coriolan's family is advocating for him to be charged with attempted murder and for stiffer penalties for assaulting hospital police.
• 📜 They believe new laws are needed to address attacks on hospital officers in New York.

Concerns Over Hospital Safety

• 👮 Coriolan, who had a long career in law enforcement and school safety, had worked at Mercy Hospital for 16 years.
• ⚠️ His wife expressed that he felt the hospital was the most dangerous place he worked, citing concerns about staff shortages.
• 🗣️ He had reportedly warned hospital leadership that staff shortages could lead to someone getting hurt or killed.
• 📹 The family is requesting to see video footage of the attack.