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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
National
Jonathan Humphries

Nurse punches and kicks elderly dementia patient before fleeing country

A nurse was seen punching, slapping and kicking and elderly man in her care but fled the country before she could be arrested.

Lohan Monalisa Maria was struck off after an investigation by regulator the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC), following the distressing incident at Birch Tree Manor care home in Port Sunlight, Wirral. Monalisa Maria was working as a night manager on October 28, 2019, and was supposed to be providing care for 'Resident A', described as a "a vulnerable elderly resident with dementia".

The incident is the second time a staff member at Birch Tree Manor has been caught abusing a vulnerable patient. In 2021 former carer Valentina Baghiu received a suspended sentence at Wirral Magistrates' Court for taunting and poking a helpless elderly woman with dementia between May and November, 2019.

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