Patient put razor to nurse's throat

A DISTURBED patient put a cut throat razor to a nurse's throat and dragged her from the ward in the latest assault on hospital staff.

The Irish Nurses Organisation will today warn health employers that staff safety can no longer be jeopardised.

The nurse, in her 20s, was threatened with the blade when she refused to let the patient, who has since been committed to psychiatric care, leave Waterford Regional Hospital.