Nanango man charged with serious assault on nurse at Kingaroy Hospital
A Nanango man has been charged with serious assault after a standard medical test allegedly turned violent and the woman suffered ‘significant pain’.
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A 68-year-old Nanango man has been charged with serious assault after he allegedly refused to let go of a nurse’s hand following a standard grip test at Kingaroy Hospital, before squeezing her tighter when she asked him to stop.
Kingaroy officer-in-charge Senior Sergeant David Tierney said police were called to the emergency department at 7.30pm Saturday.
Police will allege the nurse, a 30-year-old Kingaroy woman, had finished performing test on the man when he held onto her, increasing her grip and causing her “significant pain”.
The man was arrested and charged with serious assault.
He is due to appear in Kingaroy Magistrates Court on November 29.
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