Nova Scotia’s health minister says three hospital staff were injured this afternoon by a patient with a weapon at the Halifax Infirmary emergency department.
Michelle Thompson did not release the condition of the staff members but said, “we are very concerned” about their well-being.
Halifax police say they responded to a weapons complaint at the hospital and they took one person into custody at around 1 p.m.
They say there is no threat to the public, and their investigation is ongoing.
A memo sent to hospital staff by Nova Scotia Health CEO Karen Oldfield says the incident in the ER has “left many shaken.”…