Senior nurse sacked after telling disabled care home resident they ‘didn’t deserve to be alive’

Kathleen Martin bullied two patients while working at Bethany House Nursing Home, a care home for people with physical and learning disabilities in Kent, a misconduct hearing was told

The nurse told one patient he was an ‘idiot’ and made him feel ‘two inches high’ (stock image) (PA Wire)

A senior nurse has been sacked after she told a disabled care home resident they “didn’t deserve to be alive”.

Kathleen Martin bullied two patients while working at Bethany House Nursing Home, a care home for people with physical and learning disabilities in Dymchurch, Kent, a misconduct hearing was told.

The nurse told one patient, known as patient A, he was an “idiot” and made him feel “two inches high” when she pushed her face close to his and said he didn’t deserve to live during an argument in July 2020, he told the panel.