Nurse Expected To Recover After Police Say Worth Woman Grabbed Her Neck At Palos Hospital

PALOS HEIGHTS, IL — A Worth woman is accused of attacking a nurse at Northwestern Medicine Palos Hospital. Vyasiah Lane, 27, is facing two felony charges of aggravated battery.

Palos Heights police responded to the hospital on Wednesday for a report of a patent attacking a nurse. While at the hospital, officers learned that the patient, Lane, had been transported by a neighboring jurisdiction to receive medical treatment.

Lane is said to have grabbed the nurse around the neck. The nurse was treated for non-life threatening injuries and is expected to recover, police said.

Officers took statements, video and photographs of the nurse’s injuries. Lane was taken to another facility to receive treatment. Police asked the facility to contact them when Lane was released.

Upon being discharged, officers arrested Lane and took her back to the Palos Heights station, police said. The Cook County State’s Attorney approved felony charges of aggravated battery. Lane was released following a pre-trial hearing Friday at the Bridgeview Courthouse.