Calls for probe after A&E nurse suffers vicious attack

AN accident and emergency nurse, who had been in Ireland for just a couple of months, was lifted by the hair, slammed against a wall and repeatedly punched in the head and neck in a vicious attack at work.

She was so badly hurt that she had to spend the night at St Vincent’s University Hospital in south Dublin, where the incident occurred on Tuesday. Apart from her substantial physical injuries, the young woman, believed to be from India, is said to be traumatised following the assault.

She was working triage, making initial assessments of patients before deciding who should be sent over to accident and emergency.