Medway Hospital nurse will not face charges for cutting a patient during shaving
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by Jenni Horn
A nurse accused of assaulting a stroke
victim at Medway Maritime Hospital will not face prosecution.
Investigations began after 78-year-old
Thomas Gregg was left with multiple cuts to his face after
allegedly being shaved by a member of staff.
Mr Gregg,
of Thorndike Close, Chatham was admitted to the Gillingham
hospital’s critical stroke unit after suffering a stroke in
October.
On October 27, his son Bill, from
Maidstone, visited his father in hospital and found him with
multiple cuts across his face. He immediately put in a complaint to
the police but has now been told the nurse in question will not be
charged.
He said: “I think it’s absolutely
disgusting that somebody in a position of trust and care can do
that to an old age pensioner who is a critical stroke victim and
cannot communicate.”
Police took a statement from Bill Gregg
and said they would be following further lines of inquiry but now
the case has been dropped.
Mr Gregg said: “I will be pursuing a
civil prosecution. I will also be pursuing complaints against Kent
Police and Medway Maritime Hospital. These people have put me and
my family through hell.”
A spokesman for Medway Maritime
Hospital said an internal investigation is being carried out.
Tuesday, November 17 2009
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