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15 January 2011
Last updated at 10:24 ET
Five patients and two employees at an east London hospital have been injured in attack by another patient.
One woman, aged in her late 60s, is seriously ill with head injuries after the attack at Newham General Hospital in Plaistow in the early hours.
Three men and another woman were hurt and two female staff suffered minor injuries while restraining the man. A 22-year-old man has been arrested.
The hospital said an investigation was under way but did not comment further.
Clinical staff Police were alerted at about 0040 GMT on Saturday to reports of a man assaulting staff and patients.
Of those injured, four are in a stable condition with one woman suffering more serious injuries.
A statement from Newham University Hospital NHS Trust confirmed the Metropolitan Police were investigating an incident.
It said it related to a patient who had been admitted to hospital, five more patients and two clinical members of staff.
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One woman, aged in her late 60s, is seriously ill with head injuries after the attack at Newham General Hospital in Plaistow in the early hours.
Three men and another woman were hurt and two female staff suffered minor injuries while restraining the man. A 22-year-old man has been arrested.
The hospital said an investigation was under way but did not comment further.
Clinical staff Police were alerted at about 0040 GMT on Saturday to reports of a man assaulting staff and patients.
Of those injured, four are in a stable condition with one woman suffering more serious injuries.
A statement from Newham University Hospital NHS Trust confirmed the Metropolitan Police were investigating an incident.
It said it related to a patient who had been admitted to hospital, five more patients and two clinical members of staff.
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