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67-year-old Indian assistant who has been brutally attacked in Florid

67-year-old Indian assistant who has been brutally attacked in Florid

A 67 -year -old Indian assistant who was attacked at Palms West Hospital by a patient may suffer permanent blindness due to her wounds. Leelamma Lal was beaten by Stephen Scantlebury, a 33 -year -old man, who was evaluated for mental health problems, which the authorities claim was a racial attack.

The incident spent last month at Palms West Hospital in Loxahatchee. Witnesses told the deputies that Scantlebury was in a hospital bed on the third floor, when he suddenly jumped on the bed and then jumped to Lal. Two other people were in the room at the time. One ran to resort to help before a second person runs and saw the scantlebury on Lal, repeatedly beating it with fists. Lal, a registered assistant, is in stable condition at St. Mary’s Medical Center in West Palm Beach, with brain bleeding.

She suffered serious injuries after the accused repeatedly hit her fists, fracturing each bone in front of her. It can be permanently blind, according to reports.

The man, who ran away from the hospital, was arrested later and accused of attempted accusation of killing and improving hate crime. Deputy SGT of Palm Beach County. Beth Newcomb confessed to the authorities that Scantlebury made racist observations, saying that “the Indians are bad” and “I only beaten (exploratively) from a Indian doctor.”

Leelamma’s daughter, Dr. Cindy Joseph, told reporters that she would need surgery to repair her facial wounds and face weeks of hospitalization. “This will change the rest of her future forever and is 67 years old. She, with her health, has been at least 20 years old and should not spend them as she will have to spend them,” Joseph de CBS 12 was quoted.

She added that Leelamma spoke, but was very confused and woke up worried that she was not dismissed because she was not at work. “She is very, very confused. I thought she could remember what happened, but I don’t think she remembered. She thought she was at Palms West that day, she thought she was gone and thought she was there for scheduling a doctor.

According to the arrest declaration, the arrest declaration, Scantlebury was a psychiatric patient on a baker, a temporary involuntary hospital for people who are facing a mental health crisis. Scantlebury’s wife, Megan, told the court that Scantlebury as her husband was paranoid on the days before the incident. She said she was hallucinating and feels that she was being watched, even accusing her and their neighbors of being involved.