Whistleblower saw nurses crush drugs in patients' tea

A care worker who was sacked after blowing the whistle on nurses who crushed non-prescribed drugs in the tea of demanding patients at Mount Carmel’s Forensic Unit has been awarded € 5,000 after winning an unfair dismissal case. Patrick Agius – whose job was to prepare coffee and tea for patients – had seen nurses administering medications not prescribed by the hospital’s doctors. Mr Agius, who knew what medication each patient was prescribed, refused to hand out drinks to patients because he knew the drugs had not been prescribed. He reported the matter in May 2011 and was eventually sacked from his post with private healthcare provider Support Services Ltd, the firm engaged by the Health Division to provide nursing services. Full story in The Times