Overview
- The attack occurred around 4:30–5:00 a.m. Wednesday at Hospital Isaac Waisman in General Pinedo during preparations to transfer the patient.
- Hospital officials said the agitated man, suspected to be under the influence of alcohol or drugs, resisted treatment.
- The bite happened as a nurse adjusted an oxygen mask, causing a traumatic amputation of the distal phalanx of her right middle finger.
- Police detained the man and transferred him under guard to a mental-health center in Presidencia Roque Sáenz Peña, where he remains hospitalized.
- The nurse filed a criminal complaint, and investigators have not confirmed whether the severed fragment was recovered.