LINCOLN, Neb. (Lincoln Journal Star) — Police say a 48-year-old woman who refused to put on a mask when being treated for COVID-19 at a Nebraska hospital spit on the walls and floor and punched a nurse.
The Lincoln Journal Star reports Nyadak Tut of Lincoln was charged with felony assault on a health care professional.
A nurse at CHI St. Elizabeth told police Tut left her room without wearing a mask. An arrest affidavit says the nurse followed Tut, asking her to put on a mask.
Tut started spitting. When the nurse tried to call security, Tut punched her in the face.
Police arrested Tut after she was medically cleared from the hospital.