A patient savagely assaulted a nurse at the CHUL hospital in Canada. Following recent assaults on healthcare workers, a third victim chose to stay inside the psychiatric emergency department to maintain personal safety.

A nursing association reports a rising number of violence directed at healthcare staff. A union explained that the beating of the nurse at the CHUL hospital is far from an isolated case. Journal de Québec, Noovo Info, and TVA Nouvelles published accounts about the assault and the victim's choice to stay in psychiatric emergency.