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Sarah Kuteh Case

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A Christian nurse who was dismissed from a hospital in Dartford, Kent for offering to pray with patients was just showing compassion, according to her lawyer.
Sarah Kuteh, a nursing sister who was suspended for several months and finally fired in August, recently faced an employment tribunal after saying her dismissal was unfair. She as sacked from Darent Valley Hospital after patients complained that she had offered to pray with them and discussed her religion more than medical procedures, The Telegraph details.
According to one cancer patient who was about to undergo bowel surgery, Kuteh told him that he would have a higher chance of survival if he prayed to God. Another patient described the Christian nurse’s religious passion as “bizarre.”

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