GREEN BAY, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) — Police say a man coughed on a worker HSHS St. Vincent Hospital Tuesday in the parking lot after being denied a mask.
The police report says the man pulled up to the hospital asking for a mask, only to be told they’re only distributing them to people that need to go into the hospital. That’s when the man apparently said he was sick and deliberately coughed on the worker after getting upset.
Police contacted the man’s girlfriend after hospital staff opted not to press charges.
HSHS St. Vincent Hospital released the following statement on the incident:
“We take the health and safety of our colleagues very seriously at all times, and a situation like this is very unfortunate, particularly during a time when all those in health care are working tirelessly to protect their communities from the COVID-19 pandemic. Fortunately, this was an isolated incident.”
