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Patient at Winnipeg hospital charged for assaulting health-care workers – Winnipeg


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

The 59-year-old was being treated between April 30 and May 1 at Grace Hospital  in the St. James-Assiniboia area and was behaving in what police describe as an “aggressive manner.” They said he was also making sexually inappropriate comments to surrounding staff. As a result, he was placed in restraints by hospital security.

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During his treatment, police say, the man sexually assaulted two workers, ripping one woman’s garment as he tried to bite her, and verbally threatened a third worker.


Police were contacted by the hospital, with officers taking the man into custody at about 2 a.m. on Friday.

He now faces two counts of sexual assault, an assault charge, and a charge for uttering threats to kill or cause harm.

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He was released on an undertaking.

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