"The fact that this happened at a healthcare facility which should have proper security is beyond me," Dr. Cindy Joseph said on "Banfield."

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

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

Tomorrow, a judge to consider if Steven Scantlebury will remain in custody in the jail or if he will be moved elsewhere to receive mental health support

WPTV took the letter to Meghan Marks, a registered nurse and an advocate who helped organize the gathering to support nurse Leelamma Lal over the weekend.

"unprovoked, senseless violence" and said "more must be done" to make healthcare workplaces safer. "No healthcare worker should ever have to experience such violence," Jason Kimbrell said in an email to the Palms West staff in his first public comments on the incident that broke "essentially every bone" in Leelamma Lal's face and may cost the 21-year Palms West employee her eyesight.

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