Axe Wielding Nurse Struck Off, UK

A 60 year-old nurse from Kent was yesterday struck off the register after being convicted for manslaughter for killing her husband with an axe. An independent panel of the Nursing & Midwifery Council (NMC) heard that on 11 January 2006 at Maidstone Crown Court, Wadaanahalugedera Chandrasekera was convicted of manslaughter and later sentenced to a three year community punishment order. [click link for full article]

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Filed under: Medical Malpractice / Litigation on December 15th, 2007