Nurse 'left resident at risk'

A NURSE left a severely disabled patient half-naked and at risk of choking following a vomiting attack, a hearing has been told.

Cerela Javillonar was accused of covering the woman in a towel and duvet cover at the Drummond Grange care home in Lasswade, Midlothian.

The patient, known as "Resident A", suffered from cerebral palsy and limb spasms, had a history of pneumonia and vomiting, and was fed through a tube. When relatives visited her at the home's Buccleuch unit on 22 March, 2008, they found that a towel had slipped off, leaving her in an "undignified" state, the Nursing and Midwifery Council heard.

Javillonar left her lying on her back and at risk of choking for up to 30 minutes while she wrote up notes in the duty room, it is alleged. She says she left Resident A on her side and had not dressed her because she believed she would vomit again.

Robert McKie, regional director of operator Barchester Healthcare, said: "She was left unattended, left in an undignified manner of dress and the door was left open."

The hearing continues.