Abusive nurse is struck off.A NURSE who mocked a crying dementia sufferer after shoving her into a chair has been struck off. Margaret Hamilton, 47, also prodded an elderly woman - who had recently had a breast removed because of cancer - in the chest and abused others physically and verbally. The incidents happened between 2002 and 2005 at Wakefield House in Cullen, Banffshire, a nursing and midwifery midwifery (mĭd`wī'fərē), art of assisting at childbirth. The term midwife for centuries referred to a woman who was an overseer during the process of delivery. In ancient Greece and Rome, these women had some formal training. panel hearing in Elgin, Moray Coordinates: Elgin (Scottish Gaelic: Eilginn) is a former cathedral city and a former Royal Burgh in Moray, Scotland and is the administrative and commercial centre for Moray. , were told. The panel heard Hamilton dragged the elderly dementia sufferer by the arm and shouted at her "in an intimidating manner". She then forcefully pushed her back into a chair and mocked her when she started to cry. A statement from the panel said: "She subjected vulnerable, elderly and, in some cases, terminally ill Terminally Ill When a person is not expected to live more than 12 months. Notes: Any gifts given out by the afflicted person at this time may be considered as a dispersion of the estate rather than a gift. patients to numerous incidents of verbal and physical abuse which caused serious distress and humiliation." They noted Hamilton, of Portknockie, Banffshire, had not expressed regret or apologised. And they added: "A striking off order is necessary for the protection of patients." |
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