Nurse attack: Hospital ER yanked private guard who had no training

Less than a week after an ER nurse was nearly strangled by a patient at the Montreal General, hospital administrators are facing intense criticism for relying on the security services of a private agency whose guards are not all trained to handle violent disturbances by patients.
In fact, a day after hospital officials pledged to bolster overnight security in the downtown emergency room, a security guard from the private firm was yanked from duty after less than an hour when she informed the ER