CLAY COUNTY, Fla. — A 73-year-old man with dementia is recovering tonight after investigators say he was violently attacked by a hospital employee inside HCA Orange Park Hospital.

His family is demanding answers, including why they were notified so late.

Julian Cohen was admitted to HCA Orange Park Hospital on Nov. 13th, so doctors could run some tests related to his dementia.

However, after just one night, his sister, Dawn Leonard, tells First Coast News a regular visit turned into something they never expected.

“The nurse that was in charge of him at that time had come in the room and said, ‘I want to tell you I'm very sorry for what happened to your brother. I said, what do you mean? and she said, well, he has some fractured ribs. I said well what happened? Did he fall down last n

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