Denounced by the abuse, the nurse who took care of Stephen Hawking was suspended for 15 years.

The nurse who attended Stephen Hawking for 15 years towards the end of his life was denounced by the physicist's family for abuse and abuse and she was suspended from her work.

Patricia Dowdy, 61, has been temporarily suspended by the Council of Nurses and Midwives of the United Kingdom, while the agency supports the investigation that is expected to be completed by March 21st.

The case of "serious misconduct"It is done in the secret of the summary, as the newspaper explains The weather of London, because of the delicate state of health claimed by the nurse.

The physical laureate suffered from Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), a degenerative disease that kept him prostrate in a wheelchair, almost impossible to move during his adult life. His dependence on an badistant was absolute.

At first, his first wife, Jane Wilde, took care of him. But after the divorce, the physicist had several nurses who accompanied him home and went to events around the world.

His family had already accused his second wife and former nurse, Elaine Mason, of abuse. But the scientist himself denied them and the case was closed. Two years later, the couple was going to divorce.

Dowdy was the badistant who accompanied him the longest. There are pictures that show her with Hawking at a reception at Buckingham Palace next to Queen Elizabeth in 2014.

During these years, the police had already questioned the team responsible for their care, after the astrophysicist suddenly appeared with a Broken wrist, scratches on the face and split lip.

"As people wait for it properly, in severe cases like this, when a nurse has failed in his care work and that he has not proven to the panel that He had learned from his mistakes and that he was ready to do it, we would act, "he explained. Fitness Director for the practice of CNS ,. Matthew McClelland.

"We have been in close contact with the Hawking family during this investigation and I am grateful to them for sharing their concerns with us," he added.

Hawking's family refused to comment on the case. He only stated in a statement that "last year was very painful" and that he is confident that the CNG "will reach an independent conclusion on the facts".

Dowdy stopped working for Hawkings two years before the scientist died in March 2018, at the age of 76.