A drink and drug-fuelled nurse who booted her colleague within the face on a hospital ward has escaped punishment.
Lyndsay Brown lashed out at one other nurse whereas she was being handled on a ward within the hospital the place she labored.
Brown attacked the girl at Perth Royal Infirmary whereas she was having “a little bit of a meltdown”, a court docket heard.
She had taken prescription remedy and alcohol and had ended up within the hospital’s accident and emergency division due to her situation.
Brown, 41, admitted attacking Nicola Cassidy on December 31 2020 by kicking her on the pinnacle. She additionally admitted shouting, swearing and appearing aggressively in the direction of employees.
Fiscal depute Lisa Marshall advised Perth Sheriff Courtroom : “The accused is an orthopaedic nurse inside Perth Royal Infirmary. She attended A&E as a consequence of her alcohol consumption and misuse of prescription remedy.
“Whereas she was being assessed she lashed out and kicked Nicola Cassidy, a nurse, to the pinnacle. One other nurse noticed this and needed to help Nicola Cassidy because of the disturbance the accused was inflicting.
“When police attended, the accused was kicking out, flailing her arms and appearing aggressively in the direction of employees, whereas shouting incoherently. Police needed to restrain the accused.”
Solicitor Jamie Baxter, defending, advised the court docket his shopper was a mother-of-two who had a protracted historical past of struggling together with her psychological well being.
“She has a borderline character dysfunction,” he stated. “On the time she was struggling a extreme depressive episode. She has been placed on completely different remedy since that point.
“She had been feeling worse because the week had gone on. She determined she couldn’t deal with the place she was at. She made plans to go no additional.
“She had ready notes for her youngsters and brought the remainder of her remedy and consumed extra alcohol. She has no recollection of something that occurred.
“It was a cry for assist. There are indicators of optimism. The remedy she is now on seems to be serving to. She has not been in a position to return to work.
“She is a nurse herself and has labored within the hospital since 2007. The hospital has plans to maneuver her to a different division so she is not going to come into contact with anybody in A & E.”
Sheriff William Wooden beforehand deferred sentence for six months and ordered Brown to be of excellent behaviour.
He stated: “I don’t search to decrease the seriousness of your behaviour.
“However, it did happen towards a background of spiralling psychological well being and in impact you had a little bit of a meltdown.
“In the event you had taken medicine and alcohol and can't keep in mind something that's your fault, because it was self-administered.”
He famous Brown had remained out of bother through the deferred sentence interval and admonished her on Wednesday.
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