Health care worker (55) is charged with alleged incidents at Muckamore Abbey Hospital
A health care worker is charged with alleged incidents at Muckamore Abbey Hospital near Antrim town.
The 55-year-old faces three charges - two of ill-treatment of a mental health patient and one of wilful neglect of a patient whilst 'being an officer on the staff of or otherwise employed' at the hospital. The charges relate to two dates in 2017.
No details of the background to the charges faced by Linda Hanna, of Sixmilewater Mill Drive, Antrim, were given at the town’s Magistrates Court, sitting in Ballymena on Tuesday.
The case has been adjourned to August 25.
A number of other employees from the hospital have appeared at court recently charged with offences.