A hospital patient who was charged with attempted murder of a nurse in Florida made his first court appearance this week.

WPTV asked Palms West for a copy of its policies on handling Baker Act patients, after a patient is alleged to have attacked ...

They said Scantlebury was a Baker Act patient – one who is admitted involuntarily for a 72-hour psychiatric hold for mental health examination – but that the hospital admitted him ...

Palms West is not a Baker Act receiving facility, but the arrest report states Scantlebury was an admitted patient.