{"id":645779,"date":"2026-05-03T20:48:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T20:48:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/645779\/"},"modified":"2026-05-03T20:48:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T20:48:11","slug":"patient-at-winnipeg-hospital-charged-for-assaulting-health-care-workers-winnipeg","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/645779\/","title":{"rendered":"Patient at Winnipeg hospital charged for assaulting health-care workers – Winnipeg"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A man has been arrested and charged after Winnipeg police say he assaulted and threatened three health-care workers at a city hospital.<\/p>\n

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The 59-year-old was being treated between April 30 and May 1 at Grace Hospital \u00a0in the St. James-Assiniboia area and was behaving in what police describe as an \u201caggressive manner.\u201d They said he was also making sexually inappropriate comments to surrounding staff.\u00a0As a result, he was placed in restraints by hospital security.<\/p>\n

During his treatment, police say, the man sexually assaulted two workers, ripping one woman\u2019s garment as he tried to bite her, and verbally threatened a third worker.<\/p>\n

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Police were contacted by the hospital, with officers taking the man into custody at about 2 a.m. on Friday.<\/p>\n

He now faces two counts of sexual assault, an assault charge, and a charge for uttering threats to kill or cause harm.<\/p>\n

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He was released on an undertaking.<\/p>\n

Following the incident, the Manitoba Nurses Union said in a statement a provincially-mandated task force is needed to establish and enforce step-by-step procedures for addressing violence in health care.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWhen one patient is allowed to threaten and intimidate unchecked, the impact spreads,\u201d said union president Darlene Jackson in a statement. \u201cIt poisons the work environment, compromises safety, and puts every nurse, every staff member, and every patient at risk.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jackson went on to say the task force is needed \u201cimmediately\u201d and should report directly to the government, but added the employer of health-care workers needs to be held accountable as well.<\/p>\n

\u201cRight now, the system is failing not just patients but the people who it employs,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

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