> Staff at Napa State Hospital were distraught and scared after another patient assaulted a staff worker this past weekend, KCRA reports. The employee's skull was fractured. This was the second violent incident since October, when a patient killed a psychiatric technician. Article
> The Ontario government has taken over Hotel-dieu Grace Hospital, the Globe and Mail reports. The hospital has been plagued by slip-ups and long-standing tensions between medical staff and hospital administrators. Article
> Florida Hospital Waterman in Tavares and Florida Hospital Fish Memorial in Orange City will stop hiring smokers beginning Jan. 1, the Orlando Sentinel reports. Article
> HealthSouth Corp. (NYSE: HLS) got a preliminary go-ahead on its certificate of need application to build a new $21 million inpatient rehab hospital in Ocala, Fla., in the largest county in Florida that doesn't already have access to inpatient rehabilitation, the Birmingham Business Journal reports. Article
> Salinas Valley Memorial Hospital will layoff up to 120 staff by the end of the year to cut operating costs, the Monterey Herald reports. Article
And Finally... Did she pray for forgiveness? Article