Twenty-two Western Cape nurses have been found guilty of misconduct for offences including the sexual and physical abuse of patients and poor patient care in the past five years Of the 22 Western Cape nurses who were found guilty, eight were suspended, eight were removed from the register of nursing practitioners, one was fined and four were cautioned with a reprimand. One nurse was given extra training. In only one case in the province was there a ruling of not guilty.
Three cases were dropped because of lack of evidence and two cases were transferred to an admission-of-guilt fine. Three nurses were removed from the nurses' register for section 36 offences. This refers to cases in which a nurse has become physically or mentally disabled to an extent where it would not be in the public interest to allow the nurse to work, has become unfit to prescribe or supply a scheduled substance, has used or prescribed a scheduled substance for other than medicinal purposes and has become addicted to a scheduled substance. Most of the misconduct cases nationally were for offences related to poor nursing care. There were 31 cases nationally of nurses sexually abusing their patients.
Source: IoL
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