A doctor at Winnipeg’s Health Sciences Centre was assaulted on the first weekend of its 24-7 police patrol of the campus.

Winnipeg Police Service spokesman Const. Claude Chancy confirmed an on-duty physician was assaulted by a patient just before 11 a.m. Sunday morning.

A North District general patrol unit was at the hospital for an unrelated matter and assisted HSC security staff dealing with a patient who had assaulted the doctor, Chancy said in an email.

The unit requested assistance from officers assigned to the recently announced 24-7 hospital detail, who then responded to the incident.

A woman in her 30s was taken into custody and faces a charge of assault with a weapon. She was detained in custody.

Police began a permanent patrol of the campus Saturday after a spike in violent

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