Virginia Police responded to the Essentia Health–Virginia Hospital on Wednesday evening after reports of an out‑of‑control patient assaulting nursing staff and a physician with a hypodermic needle.

Albany police say a 44-year-old man stomped and punched a 55-year-old woman, leaving her critically injured at the Capital District Psychiatric Center.

Leelama Lal, the nurse nearly beaten to blindness by a patient, says HCA Florida Palms West Hospital ignored appeals to improve campus security.