Patient shot with Taser after allegedly injuring nurse and others in Sydney hospital

Man, 51, arrested after allegedly assaulting multiple people at Prince of Wales hospital

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A patient has been shot with a Taser after allegedly attacking several people at a Sydney hospital, including a nurse who was left seriously injured.

Police restrained a 51-year-old patient after the Saturday night melee at Sydney’s Prince of Wales hospital, which left a nurse in hospital.