A nurse at the Ilambazar health center in West Bengal’s Birbhum district alleges she was molested by a patient while on duty. The incident follows a recent rape and murder of a trainee doctor in Kolkata, raising concerns about safety of healthcare workers. The nurse claims the patient misbehaved and touched her inappropriately while she was administering treatment. Police have arrested the accused patient after a complaint was filed.
Isabelle Granito, a nurse from Quebec’s Laurentians region, is seeking accountability after being forced to clean up her husband’s body after he died suddenly at the Royal Victoria Hospital in Montreal. Jacques Richard, 52, died of a heart attack last year, and Granito arrived at the hospital to find his body lying on a stretcher in the resuscitation room, covered in biological fluids and with a tube still in place. Despite Granito’s pleas for assistance, she was told there was no one available and had to clean up her husband’s body herself. Granito, who has worked as a nurse for 26 years, is now suffering from post-traumatic stress and is considering leaving the profession. She plans to file complaints with the MUHC and the Quebec Order of Nurses.
