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INTRO: A nurse was struck off [removed] after being accused of washing a patient's penis with acid.
Andrew Davies, 62, targeted a helpless patient who could not speak during treatment and was only able to communicate using his eyes. A disciplinary hearing heard Davies was meant to care for the patient in intensive care at Prince Charles Hospital, in Merthyr Tydfill, in South Wales.
But Davies had the patient in his care "crying out in pain." The man, who is only known as Patient A, said Davies cleaned his penis with a substance that felt like "acid" and also ripped electrodes from his chest.
He said: "Mr Davies would squeeze my penis, pull back my foreskin and look at me and pull a face which indicated to me that he knew what he was doing to me was painful and say: 'Oooh it's got to be done."
The panel found it proved that on one or more occasions Davies used a product other than soap and water and/or sterile cleansing pack to clean Patient A's penis. Nine allegations against Davies were found proved by a Nursing and Midwifery Council Panel.
Davies, who regularly worked at the Prince Charles Hospital ICU with the Richmond Nursing Agency Ltd between 2020 and 2021, denied all the allegations. But the panel, which also took evidence from the patient, his wife and hospital staff, found all proved and that they amounted to serious misconduct.
In addition the panel found it proved that Davies had ordered the patient to sit in a chair and told him not to "f*****g roll your eyes at me " when that was the only means of communication the patient had.
"The only way I could try and communicate the pain I was in was through my eyes or by nodding my head side to side and when I did this, Mr Davies would come up to the side of my head and say 'don't f*****g roll your eyes at me'," Patient A told the committee.
Representing the NMC Giedrius Kabasinskas said Davies' actions were intended to and/or had the effect of intimidating, humiliating and causing fear to Patient A. The panel found that Patient A was put at risk and was caused physical and emotional harm as a result of Davies' misconduct... (MORE - details)
INTRO: A nurse was struck off [removed] after being accused of washing a patient's penis with acid.
Andrew Davies, 62, targeted a helpless patient who could not speak during treatment and was only able to communicate using his eyes. A disciplinary hearing heard Davies was meant to care for the patient in intensive care at Prince Charles Hospital, in Merthyr Tydfill, in South Wales.
But Davies had the patient in his care "crying out in pain." The man, who is only known as Patient A, said Davies cleaned his penis with a substance that felt like "acid" and also ripped electrodes from his chest.
He said: "Mr Davies would squeeze my penis, pull back my foreskin and look at me and pull a face which indicated to me that he knew what he was doing to me was painful and say: 'Oooh it's got to be done."
The panel found it proved that on one or more occasions Davies used a product other than soap and water and/or sterile cleansing pack to clean Patient A's penis. Nine allegations against Davies were found proved by a Nursing and Midwifery Council Panel.
Davies, who regularly worked at the Prince Charles Hospital ICU with the Richmond Nursing Agency Ltd between 2020 and 2021, denied all the allegations. But the panel, which also took evidence from the patient, his wife and hospital staff, found all proved and that they amounted to serious misconduct.
In addition the panel found it proved that Davies had ordered the patient to sit in a chair and told him not to "f*****g roll your eyes at me " when that was the only means of communication the patient had.
"The only way I could try and communicate the pain I was in was through my eyes or by nodding my head side to side and when I did this, Mr Davies would come up to the side of my head and say 'don't f*****g roll your eyes at me'," Patient A told the committee.
Representing the NMC Giedrius Kabasinskas said Davies' actions were intended to and/or had the effect of intimidating, humiliating and causing fear to Patient A. The panel found that Patient A was put at risk and was caused physical and emotional harm as a result of Davies' misconduct... (MORE - details)