April Gologorsky, of East Meadow, charged with assaulting NUMC hospital nurse

An East Meadow woman was arrested Thursday evening and charged with assault after police said she punched a nurse in the face, breaking her glasses, after her request for a discharge was not granted.

Nassau County police said April Gologorsky, 47, became enraged when a registered nurse at Nassau University Medical Center in East Meadow declined to process her discharge papers — leading to a verbal argument that became physical when Gologorsky “with a closed fist struck the victim in the face, breaking her glasses, causing a laceration to her face and substantial pain.” The incident happed at about 6:30 p.m., police said.

It was not immediately clear why Gologorsky was at NUMC — or why the nurse, who is 45 years old but whose name was not released — had declined to process her discharge papers.

Police said officers arrested Gologorsky at the scene, charging her with second-degree assault and fourth-degree criminal mischief.

She will be arraigned once medically practical, police said.

By John Valenti

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John Valenti, a reporter at Newsday since 1981, has been honored nationally by the Associated Press and Society of the Silurians for investigative, enterprise and breaking news reporting, as well as column writing, and is the author of “Swee'pea,” a book about former New York playground basketball star Lloyd Daniels. Valenti is featured in the Emmy Award-winning ESPN 30-for-30 film “Big Shot.”