SINGAPORE: A male nurse at a hospital in Singapore molested a patient last year while attending to her in the ward, stopping only when a female nurse walked in. When she left, he continued. The 26-year-old man was on Thursday (Sep 26) sentenced to 10 months’ jail and three strokes of the cane for molesting the victim. The court heard that the victim had medical issues including kidney stones and depression. At about 6pm on Aug 28, 2018, she had pressed a button to call for assistance, meaning to tell the medical staff about her depression. The accused, who cannot be named due to a gag order preventing the publishing of anything that could identify the victim, attended to her as he had been placed in charge of the room. He spoke to her and used his right hand to hold onto her hand while using the other to touch her forehead, said Deputy Public Prosecutor Bjorn Tan. He then used both hands to massage the woman’s breasts, both over and under her clothes. “The victim was in shock and did not know what to do,” said the prosecutor. When a female nurse entered the room suddenly, the accused withdrew… Read full this story
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