Tag: nurse

  • Saudi court orders media to publicly disclose identity of harasser doctor

    Saudi court orders media to publicly disclose identity of harasser doctor

    A Saudi court has sentenced a doctor to five years in prison after he was found guilty of harassing a nurse, ordering the media to publicise the case and expose the harasser.

    The doctor was reportedly a Syrian who sexually harassed a Filipino nurse.

    Hospital management sent the issue to Public Prosecution which led to an extensive investigation, proving the doctor guilty of misconduct.

    The arrest was made without any delay after solid proof against the doctor and legal proceedings were initiated right away.

    In criminal court, the doctor was initially ordered to to pay SR5,000 in fine and sentenced to one year in prison but then the Court of Appeal increased the sentence to five years.

    In addition to the prison sentence, the Saudi court also issued an order to publicly disclose the doctor’s name.

  • Nurse suspended for having sex with COVID patient

    Nurse suspended for having sex with COVID patient

    A hospital in Jakarta has suspended a male nurse after a suspected incident of a same-sex relationship between the health worker and a COVID-19 patient.

    The case was revealed through the patient’s confession on his Twitter account, @bottialter on Friday, December 25, 2020, according to a report in Jakarta Expat.

    The patient also uploaded a picture of the personal protective equipment which the nurse removed from his body and laid on the floor. Similarly, he also shared a screenshot of the WhatsApp conversation with the nurse wherein they agreed to have sexual intercourse in the hospital’s toilet.

    Subsequently, a search was called by the manager of the Integrated Joint Task Command for the operation of Wisma Atlet Emergency Hospital. During the search, the identities of the nurse and patient were discovered and both admitted to sexual interaction, reported the Indonesian newspaper.

    The patient and the nurse were subsequently arrested, while a COVID-19 test was performed on both. The health worker didn’t contract COVID-19 while patient was still positive.

    The newspaper further reported that the nurse was handed over to the Central Jakarta Police for further legal proceedings.

    The Indonesian National Nurses Association also confirmed the incident. “It is true that there has been a suspected incident of a same-sex relationship between a health worker and a COVID-19 patient… Our response from the Indonesian National Nurses Association is that the alleged nurse must follow legal processing,” its spokesperson was quoted by the Indonesia website as saying.