Saskatchewan’s NDP wants to know how the health system reached a point where a woman was recently robbed at knifepoint in a hospital waiting room.
Vicki Mowat, a member of the New Democratic Party, says that people are already facing long wait times and now they have to be concerned about their personal safety.
Premier Scott Moe replied that mental health and addictions problems can lead to violence, and his government is investing more in law enforcement to tackle the issue.
Security guards at the Pasqua Hospital in Regina caught a 34-year-old suspect on Sunday after a woman had her handbag stolen.
