Police said shortly after at 9:29 p.m., Friday, Dartmouth General Hospital reported an adult male arrived with gunshot wounds.

Individuals who are referred by 811 for further assessment can now go to a drive-thru COVID-19 assessment site in Dartmouth to get swabbed.

"Police arrived and the victim was on his way to the Dartmouth General Hospital."

Police are asking anyone with information to come forward and contact Halifax District RCMP or Crime Stoppers.

The three-storey expansion features new operating rooms, clinical space, larger waiting and reception areas and a new sterilization room.

Police said they would not be commenting past the news release.  

As first reported by Global News this August, the expansion has raised concerns for some of the 55 patients who are being displaced from the Dartmouth General due to the construction.

There are currently 10 dialysis chairs at the hospital, and the expansion project will bring that number to 16.

The transfer of appointments will begin next month as the hemodialysis unit at the Dartmouth General Hospital receives major upgrades

The Nova Scotia Health Authority confirmed that in September, it will start relocating dialysis patient appointments from the DGH to the Dickson hemodialysis unit at the Victoria General in Halifax.