Nurse Victoria Treacy says she is concerned for the safety of herself and others at Eagle Ridge Hospital after a man wielding a machete threatened emergency room staff and patients on the night of Jan. 14.

Treacy said she was one hour into her shift when, at 8:30 p.m., she heard yelling from an examination room. 

"Myself and two co-workers go down the hallway to see what the yelling is, if we need to help someone," she said. "The patient opened the curtain and pulled out a machete, waved it at us…