Saturday, 30 July 2016

Nurse Investigated After Video Reveals Her Stabbing Autistic Boy With Needle


Story out of Trenton, New Jersey: 

New Jersey officials say a nurse caught on videotape stabbing an autistic boy with a hypodermic needle to control his behaviour has agreed to surrender her license during the investigation.

Acting Attorney General Christopher Porrino made the announcement.

Porrino tells the state Board of Nursing that Naomi Derrick stabbed the boy with the needle six times in the knees, leg and arm on May 15. He says the actions were witnessed by employees at AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center in Atlantic City.

She's also accused of bending the 10-year-old's finger back, stepping on his bare foot and causing him to fall by moving a chair he was using to stabilize himself. Cont.

Story from - CTV News/AP

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