| EALING: BLUNDERING AFRICAN NURSE TOLD COLLEAGUES 'GOD WOULD GUIDE HER THROUGH' A nurse who made a string of drug errors told senior colleagues that 'God would guide her through', an enquiry heard. Agatha Gikunoo, 49, almost injected a woman in the wrong part of her body then thrust the needle at a colleague who corrected her, a hearing was told |
| SUNDERLAND: FOREIGN JUNIOR NURSE GIGGLED AFTER BLOCKING MAN'S BREATHING TUBE A junior nurse shrugged her shoulders and giggled after she was rebuked for accidentally blocking a man's breathing tube, a misconduct hearing was told. Analisa Lontoc, 37, was supposed to attach a speaking valve to the 82-year-old's tracheostomy at Sunderland Royal Hospital. |
| WALTHAMSTOW: FOREIGN DOCTOR USED HAIRDRYER TO WARM UP WOMAN'S BOTTOM A bogus doctor massaged a woman's breasts and warmed her buttocks with a hairdryer, the Old Bailey heard today. Sabbirahmed Bhikka, 58, allegedly told the 'patient' to strip to her underwear and removed her bra at his east London home. |
| NOTTINGHAM: AFRICAN NURSE ATE WEETABIX WHILE PATIENT CALLED FOR HELP Care home nurse Rubina Mpamela, 44, is accused of tucking into Weetabix, a cucumber and yoghurt rather than responding to a resident's buzzer faces a new delay over the future of her career. |
| LEWISHAM: PATIENT DIED AFTER BUNGLING FOREIGN NURSE FED SLEEPING PILL INTO HIS DRIP A patient died four days after a bungling nurse tried to give him a sleeping pill intravenously instead of orally, an inquest heard today. Aderonice Adigun crushed up the Zopiclone tablet and flushed it through 63 year-old Ian Whelan's drip at Lewisham Hospital in southeast London. |
| SURREY: FOREIGN NURSE SLAPPED DISABLED MAN FOR BLOWING RASPBERRIES A nurse gave a disabled man a 'Benny Hill' style slap on the head for blowing raspberries at him, a misconduct hearing was told today. Prithiviraj Khadun, 53, gave the resident a resounding whack over his bald pate as he and care assistant Karen Nutbeam washed him at the home in Surrey, it is claimed. |
| SWINTON: WOMAN DIED AFTER FILIPINO CARE HOME MANAGER IGNORED DOCTORS HOSPITAL PLEA A seriously ill woman died after care home manager, Wong Fung, ignored a doctor's plea to take her to hospital, a hearing was told today. The woman had been coughing up phlegm for four days, had a swollen stomach and needed urgent treatment, it was said. |
| HEREFORD: FOREIGN HOSPITAL NURSE 'GUESSED' AT DRUG DOSAGES A bungling nurse had no idea where the syringes were kept in hospital or which ones to use, a hearing was told today. Charles Sibanda, 48, had been qualified for two years but frequently got drugs mixed up and guessed at what dosage they should be given in, it was said. |
| KENT: IRAQI DOCTOR WHO RAMMED PREGNANT WOMAN WITH 4X4 CAN RETURN TO WORK An Iraqi doctor who has been suspended for four years following a vicious road rage attack on a pregnant woman can return to work - despite ranting at the panel hearing her case. Dr May Arnaot, 52, rammed nurse Sarah Chambers with her 4x4 and spat in a black rail worker's face during a series of assaults, the General Medical Council has heard. |
| STEVENAGE: FOREIGN NURSE WHO SHOVED FEEDING TUBE IN BABY BOY'S NOSE KEEPS JOB A nurse who shoved a feeding tube into a baby boy's nose while he slept was told she can continue to practise. Ruby Quarcoo, 48, decided to insert the tube into the 18-month-old tot's nose despite only having done the procedure once. |
| EDMONTON: BLIND FOREIGN GP CLAIMED FULL-TIME PAY FOR PART-TIME WORK A blind GP claimed thousands of pounds to pay a 'sham' support worker to help her with her daily tasks, the General Medical Council heard today. Rama Thapar worked just 30 per cent of her scheduled hours at the north London clinic while claiming a full time salary and money for the employee, it was said. |
| NEWCASTLE: FOREIGN DENTIST WHO LEFT WOMAN LOOKING 'LIKE DICK EMERY' CREATION KEEPS JOB A dentist who left a patient complaining she looked looking like a comic creation of TV's Dick Emery has been allowed to continue practising. Mohammed Quraishi recommended his patient embark on £7,400 worth of dentistry in six months but temporary and permanent veneers kept falling out. |
| SURREY: NURSE WHO SPOKE 'BROKEN ENGLISH' COULDN'T BE UNDERSTOOD ON THE WARD A Philipino nurse who could only speak broken English ignored a patient with a dirty dressing for eight hours, a hearing was told. Marcello Tacliad, 43, was sent 'back to basics' by bosses after making a catalogue of errors over four years at the privately-run Runnymede Hospital in Chertsey, Surrey. |
| ST ALBANS: FOREIGN ANAESTHETIST BEHIND 'CONSPIRACY OF SILENCE' An anaesthetist did not try to hide a patient's brain damage from her family as part of a 'conspiracy', the General Medical Council was told today. Dr Wasfy Yanny has admitted 'mistakes' during an operation to try and cure Louise Field’s excessively sweating problem. |
ESSEX: AFRICAN MIDWIFE WHO RECORDED ALIVE TOT WAS DEAD SAID SHE 'SORTED' SITUATION A midwife who recorded a 20-week old baby girl was born dead when she was alive told a colleague she had 'sorted' the situation, a hearing was told. Paula Grant, 55, falsified records to show the time the baby was born was the same as the time of death despite the tot living for 34 minutes, it was said. |
| CANTERBURY: PERVERT FOREIGN EYE CONSULTANT SUSPENDED FOR RUBBING WOMAN'S THIGH A senior eye consultant who rubbed a commuter's thigh as she dozed on a train was suspended for just nine months today. Dr Natarajan Nandakumar, 37, was returning from a conference in London when he sexually assaulted the unsuspecting passenger, the General Medical Council heard. |
| WALSALL: FOREIGN DOCTOR TOLD WOMAN WITH CHEST PAIN TO TAKE RENNIES A doctor failed to properly examine a woman later admitted to hospital with severe inflammation of the pancreas and renal failure, a hearing was told. Dr Uday Abhyankar saw the patient twice in two days but on both occasions failed to check 'key indicators' such as her blood pressure, temperature and pulse. |
EDGWARE: AFRICAN NURSE RISKED HEALTH OF ELDERLY WOMAN A nurse who risked the health of an elderly woman when she injected insulin at the wrong time was struck off today. Elizabeth Forster-Jones, 61, could have caused the diabetic patient, referred to as Patient C, to lose consciousness by giving her the drug when her blood sugar level was low. |
ENFIELD: AFRICAN ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT NURSE TRIED TO SUCK PENICILLIN FROM BLOODSTREAM An illegal immigrant nurse who allegedly gave a chemotherapy sufferer medication she was allergic to has blamed the hospital for the error. Leticia Yeboah, 33, gave the woman penicillin that could have killed her and then tried suck out some of the drug from the bloodstream, it is claimed. |
| CO. DURHAM: FOREIGN NURSING HOME DEPUTY STRUCK OFF FOR DRUGS BLUNDERS The deputy manager of a nursing home was struck off for a catalogue of medication blunders today. Elizabeth Dlangamandla, 55, was in control of dispensing pills to patients at the Stapleton Nursing Home in Bishop Auckland, County Durham. |
| MIDDLESEX: FOREIGN NURSE WITH DIRTY SHEETS RISKED SPREADING MRSA A hospital nurse who risked spreading the deadly superbug MRSA by not disposing of dirty bed sheets has been found unfit to practise. Harinder Trehan, 50, was meant to wrap the infected linen in a double bag before getting rid of it but was seen wandering around his ward with the dirty sheet over his arm. |
| RICHMOND: BAN FOR FOREIGN NURSE WHO TURNED UP AT OLD SOLDIERS HOME REEKING OF BOOZE A nurse who turned up at a home for retired soldiers reeking of booze and 'unsteady on her feet' was thrown out of the profession today. Sylvia Sookhai, 50, admited to having 'a few drinks' before her shift started at the Royal Star and Garter Residential Home, in Richmond, Surrey. |
WORCESTER: FOREIGN NURSE WHO LEFT ELDERLY WOMAN NAKED IN PACKED WARD STRUCK OFF A nurse who stripped an elderly woman naked and left her standing in the full view of patients has been thrown out of the profession. Memory Musekiwa, 35, shouted at the pensioner after she wet herself, saying: 'I give you a buzzer to go to the toilet and you wet all over the floor.' |
| BETHNAL GREEN: AFRICAN MIDWIFE WAVED PLACENTA IN MOTHER'S FACE An experienced midwife today denied walking off to find nappies as a woman was giving birth and then waving the placenta in front of her face. Eunice Ogbonna-Jacob, 49, also pressurised the mum, known as Patient A, into having an epidural when she did not want one, the Nursing and Midwifery Council has heard. |
| ECCLES: LAUGHING FOREIGN NURSE TOSSED WET WIPES AT DISABLED PATIENT'S FACE A nurse tossed wet wipes at a disabled patient's face and laughed as she stuck two fingers up at him, a hearing was told today. Vilma Roldan, 36, then slapped the man’s hand and repeatedly prodded his foot with a probe when working at the neuro high dependency unit at Hope Hospital in Salford, Manchester. |
| SALFORD: FOREIGN MENTAL HEALTH NURSE CONFESSES LOVE TO FEMALE TRAINEES A teenage student nurse told today how a married colleague more than twice her age begged to be her boyfriend and declared his love for her. The 16-year-old, referred to as Miss B, was on a hospital placement when Simayeda Moyo, 41, confessed his feelings to the shocked youngster. |
| LIVERPOOL: BAN FOR MOONLIGHTING FOREIGN NURSE WHO RAKED IN £600 IN SICK PAY A nurse who raked in more than £600 in sick pay from the NHS while moonlighting at another hospital was suspended for a year today. Clementine Copacopa, 35, worked 13 shifts in two months for the Capio Nightingale Hospital in Liverpool after a doctor had signed her off sick from her main job in a psychiatric unit. |
| CAMDEN: FOREIGN BROADMOOR NURSE KICKED INMATE IN THE HEAD A Broadmoor nurse told a disturbed patient he was 'not afraid' of him and kicked the man in the head, a tribunal heard today. Jongo Vandi, 44, also booted healthcare assistant Patricia Kelly in the hand as they struggled to control the enraged patient at the high security hospital in Berkshire, it was said. |
| LEWISHAM: CAUTION FOR FOREIGN AGENCY NURSE WHO NEARLY DROPPED BOY ON HIS FACE An agency nurse who nearly caused a terminally ill boy to fall face first on the floor when she went to work with a broken arm was let off with a caution today. Omolara Oladapo, 58, did not fasten the 10-year-old into his hoist properly when she was getting ready to give him a bath at his home in south London on May 8, 2006. |
| DULWICH: NIGERIAN NURSE CLAIMED £22,000 IN BENEFITS FOR FRIEND WHO MOVED TO AMERICA A nurse who claimed more than £22,000 in benefits for a friend who had moved to America claimed today he did not realise he had done anything wrong. Nigerian Jide Mojibola had only been in the country for a few months when his mate 'Mr Olufosoye' asked him to cash his giro for him. |
