Stobhill mourns
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The violent murder of nurse Irene Duffy while on duty at Stobhill General Hospital in Glasgow, Scotland, will have a long-term impact on her colleagues and the hospital patients. The caring nurse was stabbed in front of elderly ward patients and other nursing staff. Other medical personnel have talked with the patients involved to offer counselling and have allowed the nursing staff involved to go off duty. The efficient and rapid response of the senior personnel is applauded for helping people to cope with the shock of the incident.
Publication Name: Nursing Times
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0954-7762
Year: 1995
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Grace under fire
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UK nurses involved in treating an Iraqi leukaemia sufferer have had to cope with adverse media attention while ensuring the child received the best care possible. The child was brought to the UK by Labour MP George Galloway after her plight was made known to him. Some media reports suggested British children had been moved to less well-equipped wards to make way for the Iraqi child although this has been vehemently denied by managers of the Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Glasgow, where the child is being cared for.
Publication Name: Nursing Times
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0954-7762
Year: 1998
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Internal conflicts
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The alleged abuse of geriatric patients and other offences in a Scottish hospital has prompted an investigation by an outside agency. The abuse and other irregularities are said to have continued over a period of two years, finally having been discovered as a result of a telephone call by an unnamed person. Nurses often experience difficulty when faced with such situations fearing that they may lose their jobs if they come forward with such damaging information.
Publication Name: Nursing Times
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0954-7762
Year: 1996
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