Denounced following ill-treatment and suspended Stephen Hawking's nurse – Infofueguina

The nurse who takes care of the renowned astrophysicist Stephen Hawking for 15 years, he was denounced by the physicist's family for abuse and mistreatment. She was suspended from her job.

Patricia Dowdy, 61, has been temporarily suspended by the Council of Nurses and Midwives of the United Kingdom, which confirms the investigation, which is expected to end on March 21st.

The case of "serious misconduct" is presented in the general secret, according to the newspaper The weather from London, for "the delicate state of health" that claims to have the nurse.

Hawking suffered from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a degenerative disease that kept him prostrated in a wheelchair, almost impossible to move during his adult life. His dependence on an badistant was absolute and necessary.

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