Nurse who accused colleagues of Satanism banned from working in healthcare

A nurse suffering from schizophrenia who claimed that her colleagues at the hospital adhere to Satanism is not allowed to work in the healthcare sector anymore. The Centraal Tuchtcollege voor de Gezondheidszorg, which is the disciplinary board for the healthcare sector, has ruled on appeal that she will no longer be allowed to receive a BIG registration, which is a necessity to work in healthcare. This upholds an earlier decision by another disciplinary board.

The woman worked as a nurse in the intensive care unit from 2011 to 2019. According to the Health and Youth Care Inspectorate, she has undergone treatment for her psychiatric problems since 2008 and has also been admitted several times.

The case came to light when the woman handed in a disciplinary complaint in 2020, claiming that the doctors she worked with were threatening and assaulting patients.

This led to the inspectorate starting an investigation. She is said to have subsequently stated to the inspectorate that she had also tried to "pull plugs out of sockets because invisible wires had been installed to torture patients through those sockets". She is also said to have sometimes used "her gifts" to assess situations. For example, she is said to have sometimes known in advance when someone would have breathing problems or die.

Whether the nurse really pulled plugs out of sockets or has acted in any other way that is disciplinarily punishable has not been established, according to the Tuchtcollege. The woman has stated that she does not remember making those comments.

The inspectorate did not investigate these comments further. There was no further fact-finding investigation into this by the inspectorate. However, due to her psychological problems, she is no longer allowed to work in healthcare.