A nurse squared up to a suicidal mental health patient, telling him, 'come on then, if you are going to punch me, do it', a hearing was told.
Kovalen Nursingen then used excessive force to restrain the patient, on the Ashby Ward at Bradgate Mental Health Unit, Glenfield Hospital, Leicester, it was claimed.
Nursingen held the man's arm behind his back and leaned on his neck after threatening him with seclusion, it was said.
The nurse also pinned a female patient up against a wall, the...
