Doctor gives evidence in nurse trial

A doctor has told a jury that he prescribed Serenase to a patient at Naas General Hospital after he was bleeped because the patient was hitting and kicking staff and was considered a danger to himself and others.

Dr Hamid Mushtaq said he prescribed an intra muscular injection of Serenase to Mr Seamus Doherty, aged 80, Rathcoffey, Naas, County Kildare, on the night shift of July 03, 2003.