Nurse who hit colleague in Cork nursing home found guilty of professional misconduct

The sanctions to be imposed on Ado Mazombe will be announced at a later day before needing to be confirmed by the High Court

The nurse was cleared of a charge of professional misconduct over the alleged manhandling of an older male resident with dementia at the Oaklodge nursing home. File photo

A male nurse who assaulted a female colleague during a night shift at a nursing home in Cork six years ago has been found guilty of professional misconduct.

The Fitness to Practise Committee of the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Ireland found the charge of striking a healthcare assistant on one or more occasions proven against registered nurse, Ado Mazombe, in relation to an incident at Oaklodge Nursing Home in Churchtown South, Co. Cork, on May 8, 2016.