Taranom Mohammad Ramazani Zadeh: Registered nurse flogs patient script at Robina
A Gold Coast nurse has admitted to stealing the painkiller script of a patient, who had just been operated on, and getting it filled for herself. Find out which local hospital she worked at.
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A Gold Coast nurse has admitted to stealing the painkiller script of a patient, who had just been operated on, and getting it filled for herself.
Registered nurse Taranom Mohammad Ramazani Zadeh, 26, appeared in Southport Magistrates Court on Wednesday where she pleaded guilty to charges of stealing and fraud.
The court heard both offences occurred on July 26 last year.
Mohammad Ramazani Zadeh was the pre-admission nurse for a woman who was undergoing day surgery at Robina Private Hospital when the defendant swiped the patient’s pre-written script for 10 tramadol tablets, an opioid pain medication, from the medical file.
Later that day, while still wearing her nurse scrubs, the defendant attended Chemist Warehouse Nerang, where she presented as the woman who the script was actually for, and had it filled for herself, the court heard.
A pharmacist subsequently flagged the transaction with police, suspecting foul play, and police attended the pharmacy on September 10, where they obtained CCTV and other evidence.
The director of nursing at Robina Private Hospital confirmed to police the victim patient had been discharged with no scripts or medication, and the woman also confirmed she had been offered no scripts or pain medication.
Mohammad Ramazani Zadeh was charged and issued a notice to appear on October 1.
Police prosecutor Rodney Keyte submitted it was “extremely aggravating” the nurse had flogged meds off a patient who had been in surgery.
“It breaches public trust in the health system,” he said.
Defence lawyer Nicholas Andrews claimed his client had actually conversed with the victim patient post-op, and been told the woman did not want the painkillers, but this was not accepted by the prosecution.
Mr Andrews said there was no real reason for the offending, simply she had had a “stressful” week at work and suffered a “huge lapse in judgment”.
He submitted the offending was “opportunistic [and] unsophisticated”.
The court was told Mohammad Ramazani Zadeh had been stood down from her employment without pay pending the outcome of the case.
According to health regulator AHPRA, the defendant has had 10 conditions placed upon her registration, including that she have no patient contact, not work anywhere that prescribes or administers any monitored medicines under the Medicines and Poisons (Medicines) Regulation 2021 (i.e. hospitals), and not possess or administer any monitored medicines herself.
Magistrate Louisa Pink placed Mohammad Ramazani Zadeh on a $1000, two-year good-behaviour bond.
No convictions were recorded.
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