Two assaults in 12 hours at Townsville Hospital has seen staff punched in the face and bitten. It will be alleged a 39-year-old woman bit a male nurse while she was being loaded into a police car about 2.10am today. The woman was in police custody when she was taken to hospital for assessment after claiming illness last night. She had been arrested in Bowen yesterday in relation to a domestic violence incident. The woman is understood to have been abusive to hospital staff while under assessment and did not co-operate with police when she was deemed fit to be returned to the Townsville Watchhouse.
