‘Deplorable’: nurse slammed therapy doll dementia patient believed was real baby on table, NSW tribunal hears

Sudiksha Ahuja found guilty of unsatisfactory professional conduct and her nursing registration cancelled

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An aged care nurse who slammed a dementia patient's therapy doll on a table and laughed at the distressed patient who believed it was a real baby has been found to have been callous and deplorable".

Sudiksha Ahuja was found guilty in August of unsatisfactory professional conduct after being prosecuted by the Health Care Complaints Commission before the New South Wales civil and administrative tribunal, the commission said in a statement on Tuesday. On Monday, the commission cancelled Ahuja's registration as an enrolled nurse.

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