By: Patrick Mueller | WCTV Eyewitness News

August 21, 2019

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) — The patient who jumped out of the fifth floor of Tallahassee Memorial Hospital on Friday broke the window using a nearby drawer from a dresser, according to Tallahassee Police Department Violent Crimes Unit investigators.

Investigators say hospital staff tried to stop the patient from jumping out the window, but the patient overpowered them and got out.

Hospital staff immediately started to treat the patient's life threatening injuries. The patient is in stable condition now.

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By: WCTV Eyewitness News

August 16, 2019

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) — Tallahassee Memorial Hospital tells WCTV that the patient who jumped out of a window from the fifth floor on Friday is now listed in "good condition."

Officials have not released the identity of the patient nor have confirmed whether the patient had a mental illness.

By: WCTV Eyewitness News

August 16, 2019

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WCTV) — A person is in critical condition after they jumped out of the fifth floor of Tallahassee Memorial Hospital and landed on the second story roof, the Tallahassee Police Department said.

Police got the call about the incident at 7:57 a.m.

The hospital couldn't confirm whether the patient had a mental illness or not, but it did say they were on a general medics surgical floor. Staff was in the typical patient room when the man jumped, the hospital said.

"We have a protocol for supervising patients and he was supervised the entire time at the hospital," hospital spokesperson Bill Giudice said.

The hospital said it doesn't know how the patient got through the window, since it's a fixed pane window. Additionally, Giudice said he wasn't sure if this was the first incident like this to happen there.

"We will probably find ways to improve, we always do," Giudice said. "That's what we would hope, is that. What comes out of a situation like this, is that we get better at how we handle it."

The patient's family has been notified of the incident, according to the hospital.

Police are investigating the situation.

WCTV reached out to the Agency for Health Care Administration, and it said the state is reviewing the situation.

The hospital released the following statement: