No new security resources for Montreal General Hospital: Barrette

Health Minister Gaétan Barrette sidestepped the question Thursday about whether the government will commit financial resources to boost security at the Montreal General Hospital, which has struggled with a wave of security breaches — including the near-strangulation of an ER nurse.
In the aftermath of the nurse attack last Sept. 2 by a patient, Barrette insisted that the health-care system had enough resources to deal with hospital violence. On Thursday, the Montreal Gazette put the