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naija mobile phone nurse Nurse 'talked on mobile during blood tests'

Posted by cozzy webtatafo on June 8, 2009 at 1:26pm
A NURSE has been suspended after allegedly chatting to a friend on a mobile phone while performing blood tests on a patient. Calista Ukaegbu is being investigated after apparently using hand gestures to direct the female patient because she was so engrossed in her conversation. When the patient a relative of former newspaper editor and radio station owner Kelvin Mackenzie made her displeasure clear, the nurse simply mouthed "sorry" and carried on chatting, it was claimed. She only stopped the call when a colleague walked in and "shamed" her into hanging up. It emerged today that bosses at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Woolwich had suspended the nurse. The incident happened when the patient, in her thirties, visited the hospital to have a blood test before undergoing minor surgery at a later date. She claimed she was greeted by Nurse Ukaegbu, talking on the phone in a foreign language, who indicated she should roll up her sleeve to have her blood pressure taken. Once the readings were taken she pointed to a wall chart indicating that she should measure herself, it was alleged. Mr Mackenzie said his relative, who did not want to be named, had wanted to ask the nurse questions as she had suffered from high blood pressure, but was denied the opportunity because of the six-minute phone call. He said: "Incredibly, for six minutes this nurse held a social conversation on her mobile phone while indicating to my relative through hand signals what to do. "All this went on while this nurse continued with her conversation with a friend. It was quite clear it was a social conversation from the tone of her voice. It was nothing to do with work." He said the call only ended when a second nurse came into the room and stared at Nurse Ukaegbu. Nurse Ukaegbu, from Woolwich, is understood to have arrived in Britain from Nigeria in 2000 and qualified to work in British hospital in 2002. A spokesman for the hospital said: "We have received a complaint and the actual allegations made are pretty appalling. "We have taken immediate action to look into this case and should be able to report on our findings within 25 days. "If proved the appropriate disciplinary action would be taken."
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