GA hospital patient attacks guard
Athens GA Feb 4 2020 A patient at Piedmont Athens Medical Center on Prince Avenue attacked two hospital security guards Jan. 25, according to an Athens-Clarke County Police Department report.
Police arrested the patient on charges of battery, according to the report. She was acting “disorderly” and threw her cellphone at one guard before lunging at him. The other guard attempted to restrain the patient, who then bit him on the arm, causing “visible injury.”
The patient told the security guard she had hepatitis C after she bit him.She later told police she did not actually have hepatitis, according to the report.
The patient told police she bit the guard because he had pinned her, which she said hurt her. She said she lunged at the other guard because he had kicked her phone but said she “wasn’t going to hurt him,” according to the report.
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