‘Hysterically crying’: Male nurse allegedly put ‘hands’ down student’s pants

Sydney nurse Ali Khamis Moh’d is on trial in the Parramatta District Court over allegations concerning three patients and a student nurse.

A student has told a court how a male nurse allegedly “put his hands down” her pants during a “lesson” on how to listen to bowel sounds with a stethoscope, in an incident he has defended as being “purely educational”.

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.

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

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

He has also been charged with allegedly sexually touching a student nurse who he was supervising.

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

On Wednesday, 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 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 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 10-15 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”.

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

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.”

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

She said Mr Moh’d made her feel “extremely uncomfortable” and she “didn’t want him touching that area”.

Mr Moh’d has denied any of the conduct was sexual and said the incident was “purely educational”.

The trial is set to run for four weeks with up to 26 witnesses set to be called.

On Monday, Mr Moh’d, supported by a woman in court, did not respond to a request for comment by news.com.au.

Originally published as ‘Hysterically crying’: Male nurse allegedly put ‘hands’ down student’s pants