A doctor who assaulted nurses and police officers as her life spiralled out of control during her alcohol addiction has lost her appeal to return to work. Karen Clark went from being a top A&E specialist to being struck off due to her alcoholism and and subsequent violence. She has now been suspended from practicing medicine for another 12 months following a Medical Practitioner Tribunal Service (MPTS) ruling.
As her life spiralled out of control, she attacked four nurses trying to treat her at Crosshouse Hospital in Kilmarnock. She also assaulted police offices, was found drunk behind the wheel of her car, and in possession of cocaine.
Clark was working as a senior registrar in the emergency department at Glasgow Royal Infirmary when her life spiralled out of control. She was jailed for a total of nine months at Kilmarnock Sheriff Court in April 2015. The jail sentence was imposed after she admitted assaulting the four nurses and four police officers during separate incidents in July 2014. She also pleaded guilty to two counts of threatening and abusive behaviour in April 2014, reported GlasgowLive.
