The men are not in a life-threatening condition, but the second man's injuries 'may be life-changing'.
The hospital was locked down during the incident and witnesses described how patients and visitors were locked in a nurses' roomArmed police were called to Central Middlesex Hospital in Park Royal at 13:18 BST on Wednesday.
Both the suspect and the injured men are contracted hospital staff who are known to each other, the Metropolitan Police said, adding no patients or visitors were hurt during the incident. The arrested man was treated in hospital for "self-inflicted" injuries and has now been discharged from hospital into police custody.
The hospital, on the border of Brent and Ealing in north-west London, was temporarily locked down during the incident and witnesses described how patients and visitors were locked in a nurses' room.Jamie Hogg, a contractor who saw the incident unfold, said he and his colleagues were visiting the hospital to carry out work and he saw police "just swarming in".
Amie Ferris-Rotman, who was visiting the hospital dialysis unit with her father, told Sky News police checked the area where they were, before locking them in a nurses' room for about 45 minutes."And at one point those who were about to go on to dialysis were put in wheelchairs and brought into a room, which is where we were as well, and they were locked in."
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