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Hospital security staff discusses standoff with murder suspect, handling combative patients and visitors

Virginia Woody operates the Northeast Georgia Medical Center security dispatch desk Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021, inside the Gainesville hospital. - photo by Scott Rogers

01212021 SECURITY 2.jpg — Virginia Woody operates the Northeast Georgia Medical Center security dispatch desk Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021, inside the Gainesville hospital. - photo by Scott Rogers

There are days when security officers on Stephen Hollowell’s team at Northeast Georgia Health System are hit, scratched, kicked, punched and spat on.