New Westminster nurse suspended after punching patient: BCCNM
Posted March 7, 2024 4:21 pm.
Last Updated March 7, 2024 4:23 pm.
A New Westminster nurse is facing suspension for assaulting a “vulnerable person under his care” in the emergency room at the Royal Columbian Hospital last August.
In a notice last week, the BC College of Nurses and Midwives (BCCNM) said Errol Latchman, a registered nurse, “threw activated charcoal at the patient and assaulted them in the face with a closed fist.”
Activated charcoal is commonly used in emergency rooms for overdose or poisoning treatments.
The college says the patient assaulted Latchman first.
A consent agreement was made between BCCNM and Latchman to suspend his registration for one month.
According to BCCNM, Latchman must also “complete comprehensive remedial courses in anger management and ethics.”
With files from Cole Schisler.
