Following a violent attack and a 911 call involving Baker Act patients, Palms West Hospital is ramping up security by hiring an armed sheriff’s deputy starting April 1 — while working toward a ...

Baker Act patient—with no armed security present. The family of the nurse who was nearly killed says this latest attack proves hospital workers remain at risk.

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The hospital already has created a work station that Palm Beach County sheriff's deputies can use and may hire off-duty ...

A Wisconsin law firm brought the complaint to the federal government, alleging the programs violate the Civil Rights Act.

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That’s when, according to a probable cause affidavit, 33-year-old Stephen Scantlebury brutally attacked Lal in a room at Palms West Hospital. Leelamma Lal was brutally attacked by a patient who was ...

We're so pleased to be here at this fabulous hospital where we know it serves such a big part of Canberra and the surrounding region for women and parents, new parents, new babies. It's like coming ...

Scantlebury was about to be transferred to a hospital that can care for Baker Act patients when the attack happened. (This story was updated to change or add a photo or video.) WEST PALM BEACH ...