The children of Leelama Lal, 67, of Royal Palm Beach faulted the lack of security they say led to the beating and may leave their mother blind.

The Palms West Hospital nurse was so badly injured that she had to be airlifted to another hospital for treatment.

A hospital patient was arrested and charged with attempted murder with a hate crime enhancement after allegedly committing 'aggravated battery against a nurse' at a hospital in West Palm Beach, Fla.,

New details were released on Wednesday in the attack on a nurse by one of her patients that left her in critical condition.

A patient faces an attempted murder charge after beating a nurse so badly he broke 'essentially every bone' in her face and may have left her blind.

A patient who investigators say broke essentially every bone in a nurse’s face, likely leaving her blind, now faces a hate crime enhancement charge in addition to an attempted second-degree murder charge.

The man accused of a brutal attack on a nurse at Palms West Hospital is now charged with a hate crime. Prosecutors have added a hate crime enhancement against Stephen Scantlebury. The 33-year-old, who is accused of beating a Palms West nurse and nearly breaking every bone in her face,