The video clip was taken by a hidden camera put on a patient’s bedside by his son who suspected that the staff were abusing her mother. The showing incident came to light after the Ministry of Health was alerted to the video. It has since suspended Nightingale Nursing Home from accepting new patients. According to a reader who had a relative staying at the home, most of its staff are from the Philipines and Myanmar.
Two nursing aides from Nightingale Nursing Home along Braddell Road was caught on a spy camera abusing a resident, sparking a massive outroar among Singaporeans.
The nursing home said it has disciplined the staff involved, and placed additional measures such as getting senior staff to visit the wards and checking the conduct of its staff.
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