Nurse punches, slaps and kicks elderly dementia patient - and then flees the country

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

Lohan Monalisa Maria was supposed to be looking after the 'vulnerable' resident at the Birch Tree Manor care home in Port Sunlight, Wirral. Instead she was spotted 'slapping his head' despite him telling her to 'get off', Liverpool Echo reports.

Monalisa Maria, who was working as a night manager at the time of the distressing incident on October 28, 2019, was struck off after an investigation by regulator the Nursing and Midwifery Council (NMC).

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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.

Bond Care, which runs the home, told the ECHO Birch Tree Manor was taken over by new management in October 2019 and new measures have been put in place to protect residents.

In the most recent incident, a health care assistant (HCA) at the home, referred to as Colleague B, saw Monalisa Maria launch a shocking attack on the man. In a witness statement, she said: "I witnessed Lohan slap Resident A on the side of his head on a number of occasions. Lohan slapped Resident A on the side of head.

"She slapped him with one hand and then used her other hand and she did this on at least three times Resident A shouted “get off, f***off” repeatedly and was very angry. I did not witness Resident A hit Lohan."

Another HCA, Colleague C, also saw the