MIAMI (WSVN) – A woman is sharing her nursing nightmare when a brutal attack on the job turned into her becoming a patient herself.<\/p>\n
Yanira Eguileor, a registered nurse at Jackson Memorial Hospital, said she\u2019s still recovering from her roughest day at work.<\/p>\n
On May 30, Eguileor was attacked by a patient within the hospital\u2019s brand-new, $300 million-plus emergency room.<\/p>\n
Photos show Eguileor\u2019s enormous bruises on both her arms. <\/p>\n
\u201cHe started punching me in the back of my head,\u201d said Eguileor. \u201cHe punched me a total of three times.\u201d<\/p>\n
The patient allegedly went on a rampage and battered several medical employees, a police report states. <\/p>\n
\u201cHe threw me to the ground, and I hit my head. Doctors and registration people and other co-workers were taking him off of me,\u201d said Eguileor. \u201cThey took me to have CT scans of my brain, my neck, my spine, my arms.\u201d<\/p>\n
Yanira\u2019s attorney, Michael Pizzi, said she\u2019s suing Jackson Memorial Hospital, where she went from emergency room nurse to patient.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are suing Jackson Memorial Hospital and the county for $5 million,\u201d said Pizzi. \u201cJackson Memorial Hospital did not provide any security whatsoever.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cI didn\u2019t see security anywhere,\u201d said Eguileor. <\/p>\n
Yanira said she loves her workplace, but that it needs to do better at protecting staff.<\/p>\n
Jackson Memorial Hospital told 7News in a statement:<\/p>\n
\u201cWill not comment on the specific allegations because of an ongoing investigation and imminent litigation.\u201d<\/p>\n
Rubin Wenyou, the alleged attacker and emergency patient who\u2019d been Baker Acted due to mental health concerns, faces a felony battery charge.<\/p>\n
Police told the victims an official will be in contact with them to discuss the case. <\/p>\n
\u201c\u2018The State Attorney\u2019s Office is going to contact you.\u2019 That was June 3. No one ever contacted me\u2026\u201d said Eguileor.<\/p>\n
Eguileor said she then found out her case against Wenyou was dropped in early July. <\/p>\n
\u201cYou blew it,\u201d said Pizzi in a message to prosecutors who he said never interviewed the victims. <\/p>\n
\u201cYour job was to meet with the victim and talk to her,\u201d said Pizzi. \u201cYou have no concern whatsoever about charging a criminal who goes to a hospital and punches and kicks and beats up nurses.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Miami-Dade State Attorney\u2019s Office responded to 7News\u2019 inquiry, stating:<\/p>\n
\u201cThe State Attorney\u2019s Office did not receive any response from the victims, which resulted in having to drop the case. The case can be reviewed for possible refiling upon the supplying of appropriate contact information.\u201d<\/p>\n
Pizzi demands that the dismissal of the case be overridden and changed, and for Wenyou to get charged all over again. <\/p>\n
Wenyou is also dealing with a pending 2024 case where he allegedly swung a metal pole at police and had to be tased and arrested for alleged battery on a law enforcement officer. <\/p>\n
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