If this report is remotely true (and it may not be), I think the hospital is going to lose their case. I am sympathetic to the plight of doctors in worrying about lawsuits and resorting to “defensive medicine.” But you can’t claim the right to make someone’s medical decisions for him (“You need a rectal exam and aren’t competent to understand.”) and also charge him with assault, (“You should not have hit us and must be held accountable.”) It is one or the other.