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Patient stabbed by visitor at Valley Medical Center

RENTON, Wash. — Police say a woman who was visiting a male patient at Valley Medical Center in Renton stabbed the patient Thursday.

The stabbing happened inside a hospital room at about 5 a.m.

The woman fled after the stabbing, but was found and police took her into custody without incident.

The man who was stabbed is in stable condition and is expected to be OK.

The relationship between the patient and the woman is not yet known.