Months after she was attacked by a patient, Nurse Leelamma Lal is home

Saturday afternoon, Leelamma Lal was welcomed home by her family.

The HCA Florida Palms West Hospital nurse spent nearly six months away from her house in Royal Palm Beach while she recovered from a brutal beating that landed her in intensive care and for the past few months, a rehabilitation facility in Jacksonville.

On February 18, Lal was tending to a patient being treated for medical issues, who was also on a psychiatric hold…

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