LEOMINSTER, Mass. (AP) — Authorities say a nurse at a Massachusetts hospital was assaulted by a 25-year-old patient after the nurse asked her to stop swearing.
Patient Leila Fabre allegedly knocked a nurse to the ground and punched her in the head and face multiple times on Jan. 10 at UMass Memorial HealthAlliance-Clinton Hospital’s Leominster campus.
The Sentinel and Enterprise reports two staff members pulled Fabre off the nurse.
Court documents state Fabre punched one of the staff members in the arm. The hospital said Wednesday that it is cooperating fully with the police investigation.
Police Lt. Michael Ciccolini said he could not say Fabre was at the hospital.
Fabre has been ordered to undergo a mental health evaluation. She is charged with multiple accounts of assault and battery.
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