Nurse snatched scalpel off doctor about to cut vein

A nurse has described how she cried ‘Jesus, what are you doing?’ and snatched a scalpel from a doctor’s hand, moments before he was about to cut into an elderly patient’s vein in order to take a blood sample.

The nurse has told a medical council inquiry that she honestly did not believe that Vincent Osunkwo was a proper doctor and he “didn’t have a clue” how to treat patients.

An inquiry has heard that Dr Osunkwo received the job of senior house officer at Midland Regional Hospital, Portlaoise after nobody else applied for the post.