A 30-year-old man has been charged after allegedly stabbing a nurse at Royal Perth Hospital.
The 55-year-old female victim was interacting with a patient when the man allegedly approached her from behind and stabbed her in the neck with a makeshift weapon around 1.30am on Sunday.
She remained at the hospital for treatment.
A man from Gnowangerup has been charged with assaulting a public officer and possessing a controlled weapon in a manner to likely cause injury.
He is due to appear in the Perth Magistrates Court on May 27.
Mandurah private school teacher charged with alleged sexual abuse of male student
Welfare concerns for missing Ravenswood girl
Detectives investigate Rockingham aggravated robbery
Bunbury businesses destroyed in suspected tobacco war firebombing
Man charged after Rockingham Shopping Centre incident
Concerns for missing West Pinjarra teen
Scorching Christmas temperatures for Perth, Rockingham, Mandurah
Teen charged over Baldivis arson attack
Concerns for missing boy last seen in Warnbro