Accused male nurse made heart patient get on ‘all fours’ during alleged assault

A court has heard how a male nurse allegedly said “oops” after allegedly sexually assaulting a female patient who was awaiting heart surgery.

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A male nurse allegedly made a heart surgery patient “get on all fours” before pushing her face into a pillow and digitally raping her, a court has heard.

Sydney nurse Ali Khamis Moh’d, 44, is currently on trial in the Parramatta District Court following allegations from four victims of unwanted sexual contact.

Two of Mr Moh’d’s patients claimed he raped them while they were in hospital, while a third elderly patient claims Mr Moh’d told her she had “nice breasts” for her age before squeezing her nipple.

He is also accused of sexually touching a student nurse under his supervision.

Mr Moh’d refused to comment on the allegations when asked by news.com.au on Monday afternoon. Picture: News Corp Australia

Mr Moh’d had studied at both the Jordanian University of Science and Technology in Ar-Ramtha and the University of Technology, Sydney. Picture: Supplied

The incidents allegedly occurred at Norwest Private Hospital and Nepean Private Hospital. He has since been suspended by Healthscope, which owns both facilities.

Nurse allegedly ‘insisted on shaving’ before assault

On Friday, the court heard from the family and friends of one of the alleged rape victims, who went into heart surgery at Norwest Private Hospital in 2022.

The victim’s adult daughter broke down crying in the witness box as she told the jury how her mum told her: “The nurse put his finger in her vagina and had also put it in her bottom”.

She said her mum told her the incident happened after Mr Moh’d “insisted” on shaving her pubic area despite already being clean-shaven.

Mr Moh’d was a nurse at Healthscope which owned both Nepean and Norwest Private Hospital (pictured). Picture: Supplied

Mr Moh’d allegedly made her get “on all fours” and pushed her head into the pillow to the point she was unable to breathe while he shaved her before “accidentally” putting his finger in her vagina.

“She said his hand was on her back. I just remember thinking that it sounded like a sexual position when she was explaining it to me,” the daughter of the alleged victim said.

“I remember just been so angry and shocked because it just doesn’t sound normal.”

Mr Moh’d then allegedly told her he also needed to “check if she had pooed” before the surgery, inserting his finger into her rectum.

The alleged victim’s sister also gave evidence about the incident, saying she recalled her sister telling her the male nurse had put her in “unusual positions” on the bed.

“I remember her also telling me while she was in hospital, that the nurse would come in and would tell her how beautiful she was,” she said.

“I remember that because that is unusual that a staff member would say that. She wasn’t comfortable, she sounded like she was it was very uncomfortable.”

A friend of the alleged victim also gave evidence, saying Mr Moh’d allegedly said “oops” after putting his finger in her vagina while shaving her.

“He was really close down and he slipped his finger into her vagina and said oops, something, something to that effect. And she was just shocked. She was upset,” she said.

The student nurse

Earlier in the week, the jury heard from the young nurse who said she began “hysterically crying” when she reported what had happened to her facilitator.

She alleges Mr Moh’d, who she was shadowing while on placement at Nepean Private Hospital, took her into an empty room and touched her on the chest “with his fingers” while showing her where to place ECG stickers on a patient.

He has since been suspended from Healthscope amid the proceedings. Picture: Supplied

He later offered to teach her how to listen to bowel sounds with a stethoscope, where he allegedly used his hands to move her underwear to the side before looking down “at her vagina” for 10 to 15 seconds.

“I felt my underwear flick back onto my skin. I felt like I trusted him purely because he was a nurse,” she said.

“I felt I was blaming myself for putting myself in that situation. I don’t know why he would do that. I was confused.”

She told the court that the next day, when she arrived at work, Mr Moh’d pointed to her and said: “You’re working with me today”.

After speaking to a fellow student about the alleged incident, she then reported it to her facilitator.

“I remember she gasped [when I told her]. I was extremely emotional and distraught. I was still in shock, I didn’t feel comfortable working with him and didn’t know what to do about it,” she said.

“I wasn’t the [kind of] student to make a fuss of anything.”

The trial is set to run for four weeks and will continue on Monday.

Originally published as Accused male nurse made heart patient get on ‘all fours’ during alleged assault