{"id":41365,"date":"2026-04-04T23:34:43","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T23:34:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=41365"},"modified":"2026-04-04T23:34:43","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T23:34:43","slug":"patient-stabbed-in-edmonton-er-waiting-room-as-dozens-witness-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/foreignnewstoday.com\/?p=41365","title":{"rendered":"Patient stabbed in Edmonton ER waiting room as dozens witness attack"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-article-socialshare=\"true\">\n<div id=\"article-fontSizer\" class=\"c-fontSizer\">\n<p>\n\t\t<button class=\"c-fontSizer__button c-fontSizer__button--decrease c-button c-button--details c-button--mini\" data-trackable=\"true\" data-trackaction=\"Font Sizer Decrease Font\" data-tooltip-title=\"Decrease text size\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Descrease article font size<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<svg class=\"c-icon  c-fontSizer__icon\" focusable=\"false\">\n\t\t<use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/assets\/dist\/icons\/out\/symbol\/svg\/sprite.symbol.svg?v=03zxzk4qx#font-decrease\"\/>\n\t<\/svg><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t<button class=\"c-fontSizer__button c-fontSizer__button--increase c-button c-button--details c-button--mini\" data-trackable=\"true\" data-trackaction=\"Font Sizer Increase Font\" data-tooltip-title=\"Increase text size\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"sr-only\">Increase article font size<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t<svg class=\"c-icon  c-fontSizer__icon\" focusable=\"false\">\n\t\t<use xlink:href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/assets\/dist\/icons\/out\/symbol\/svg\/sprite.symbol.svg?v=03zxzk4qx#font-increase\"\/>\n\t<\/svg><br \/>\n\t\t\t<\/button>\n\t<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>A man is in life-threatening condition after being stabbed inside the emergency department waiting room at Royal Alexandra Hospital in Edmonton on Friday evening.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Edmonton Police Service said officers who were already at the hospital saw two men fighting around 6:15 p.m. and intervened.<\/p>\n<p>A 42-year-old man suffered serious, life-threatening injuries and was treated at the hospital.<\/p>\n<p>Police said the other man was found with three-edged weapons, who has since been charged.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement posted to social media, Matt Jones, minister of Hospital and Surgical Health in Alberta, said police and hospital staff quickly de-escalated the \u201cunsettling\u201d situation.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup\" data-newsletter-inline=\"\">\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/wp-content\/themes\/shaw-globalnews\/images\/skyline\/healthiq.jpg\" alt=\"Receive the latest medical news and health information delivered to you every Sunday.\"\/>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<div class=\"c-inlineSignup__content\">\n<h2 class=\"c-inlineSignup__title\">Get weekly health news<\/h2>\n<p>Receive the latest medical news and health information delivered to you every Sunday.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u201cTheir actions helped ensure the safety of those present and provided timely care to the victim,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe recognize that incidents like this are unsettling. No one, patients, staff or physicians, should feel unsafe in our hospitals.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-ad c-ad--bigbox l-article__ad\">\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Sarah Hoffman, the Opposition NDP health critic, said in a post on X that about 50 people, including doctors, nurses and other patients, witnessed the attack, and called the incident terrifying.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTonight, a patient was stabbed while waiting for care in the Royal Alex emergency waiting room. About 50 people witnessed the attack \u2026 from doctors to nurses to other patients. It was violent and terrifying,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n<div class=\"c-tabs\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t<button role=\"tab\" class=\"c-tabs__tab c-tabs__tab--active\" type=\"button\">More on Canada<\/button><br \/>\n\t\t\t<button role=\"tab\" class=\"c-tabs__tab\" type=\"button\">More videos<\/button>\n\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Hoffman said the incident comes weeks after the Opposition called on the United Conservative government to address pressures in emergency departments.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOver a month ago, we called on the UCP to debate the state of emergency department care in our hospitals and do something about it,\u201d she wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo the patients and staff who witnessed this: you deserve better. 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