A woman has been arrested after a doctor was assaulted at Health Sciences Centre in Winnipeg on the weekend.

The assault was reported to Winnipeg police on Sunday shortly before 11 a.m., a spokesperson for the force told CBC.

Security staff at the hospital were dealing with a patient who had assaulted an on-call doctor, police said.

A patrol unit at the facility for another matter helped security staff before requesting assistance from police officers stationed at HSC .

Police didn't have information about the extent of injuries to those involved.

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