Plaintiff's injuries were the result of an attempted rape by another patient while she was in multiple restraints and unsupervised in the emergency room of defendant hospital. Contrary to defendant's contentions, defendant was on notice that the other patient was aggressive and might cause trouble. A hospital is under a duty to take reasonable care to protect its patients from injury (Killeen v State of New York,
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