Nurse’s disciplinary hearing over confidential notes

A mental health nurse who shared the confidential medical notes of a psychiatric patient with her boss over a dispute with another nurse was yesterday the subject of a disciplinary hearing.

Martina Margaret M Babar, a former staff nurse at South Lee Mental Health Services in Cork, was up before a fitness to practice inquiry at the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland in Blackrock, Co Dublin.

South Lee Mental Health Services is based in St Finbarr’s Hospital, but also has units in Cork University Hospital, where Ms Babar was primarily based.