Baker Act, the Palms West

Florida nurse attacked: Family wants to see change in wake of brutal beating by Baker Act patient
A Florida nurse who had essentially every bone in her face broken by a Baker Act patient who attacked her has a long road to recovery as her family demands change.
How did Palms West nurse attack suspect end up at hospital that doesn't accept Baker Act patients?
WPTV asked Palms West for a copy of its policies on handling Baker Act patients, after a patient is alleged to have attacked a nurse.
Palms West CEO decries 'unprovoked, senseless violence' in patient's beating of nurse
After a nurse was attacked by patient, Palms West's CEO said 'more must be done' to keep healthcare employees safer and called on Congress to act.
Why suspect in brutal attack of Palms West Hospital nurse is facing hate crime enhancement
Stephen Scantlebury is facing the potential for a harsher penalty, after the brutal attack on a nurse at HCA Florida Palms West Hospital.
67-year-old Florida nurse almost beaten to death by patient at hospital may lose eyesight
Although they have questions, Scantlebury's attorneys say they are not at this time condemning the hospital or justifying the attack.
Palms West beating: Judge denies bail, house arrest for patient arrested in attack on nurse
Leelamma Lal, a 67-year-old nurse at HCA Florida Palms West Hospital, may lose her eyesight as a result of the beating she sustained on Feb. 18.
Man accused of beating nurse at Palms West Hospital appears in court
Woman 'Spent Her Entire Life' Wanting To Be A Nurse, Daughter Said. Then She Was Attacked On The Job.
"She loved being a nurse, loved caring for patients, and the fact that this would happen to her where she should be safe was ...
Palm West patient showed no problems until two days before attack on nurse, witnesses say
Stephen Scantlebury will remain at the County Jail prior to his attempted murder trial for the beating of Leelamma Lal on Feb ...
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'ANGRY': Daughter, son of attacked HCA Florida Palms West Hospital nurse speak out, hire attorney
The daughter and son of Leelamma Lal, the HCA Florida Palms West nurse brutally attacked by a patient while on the job, are ...
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'This is unimaginable': Palms West nurse's children react to mother's beating by patient
Instead, it was a man who said a patient at HCA Florida Palms West Hospital had attacked Leelamma Lal, the 67-year-old nurse — and that due to the severity of her injuries, medics had flown ...
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Health care workers stand in solidarity to support nurse injured in attack at Palms West Hospital
After a nurse was severely attacked lat a Palm Beach County hospital, health care workers and their families came together ...