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Hospital safety: Halifax Infirmary patient recalls own brush with violence | Globalnews.ca

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Mandie Pitre was a patient at the QEII Halifax Infirmary in September 2024 .

She says she witnessed a violent incident involving a patient threatening nurses with scissors.

Pitre says she was disheartened to hear nothing has changed in response to the latest incident.

Nova Scotia Nurses Union says violence can be prevented.

The health authority says it is doing what it can to make ERs more secure.

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