The nurse who last week was involved in the alleged physical and mental abuse of a 10-year-old disabled boy at Mount Carmel has been redeployed to another ward, "as per standard procedure," Dr Clifton Grima, CEO at Mount Carmel Hospital, said.

Dr Grima told The Malta Independent that "suspension or otherwise will follow upon conclusion of police and internal investigations" which are still under way. The latest comments given by Dr Grima reveal that the nurse in question is indeed still working pending the results of the investigation, just not at the same ward where the claims of abuse took place.

On Monday night of last week, a 10-year-old boy suffering from muscular dystrophy and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) was admitted to the Youth Residence ward at Mount Carmel for observation due to recent treatment that had resulted in some behavioural problems.

As reported exclusively by The Malta Independent on Sunday, during the evening, when the nurse in question was in charge of administering the ten-year-old boy's heart medication, a disagreement led to the nurse punching the boy on both sides of his rib cage, the boy's mother Marvy Casha said.

She also said the nurse used derogatory language against the boy as well as deliberately refused to help him get onto his bed from his wheelchair.

Once the boy successfully managed to struggle from wheelchair to bed, the nurse in question proceeded to put him back on the wheelchair to watch him struggle another two times, the mother said. The following morning, the nurse threatened the 10-year-old boy not to speak about what had happened. His ordeal finally ended when his mother came during visiting hours at around 4pm.