A man has been charged after a nurse, conducting COVID testing, was allegedly assaulted at North Ryde last week.
Police say that at around 9.45am on Friday, January 15, a nurse approached a vehicle that had pulled into a COVID-19 testing facility at Macquarie Hospital.
“The passenger of the car was requested to extinguish a cigarette,” NSW Police said in a statement.
“The man refused and became verbally abusive towards staff before getting out and throwing a take-away coffee cup at the nurse.
“She sought assistance from her colleagues and the car drove off.”
Police say the nurse suffered a minor laceration under her eye and was left with red marks on her cheek.
Following inquiries, officers from Ryde Police Area Command attended a home at Steward Street, Dundas Valley about 5.15pm, and arrested a 43-year-old man.
He was taken to Ryde Police Station and charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm.The man was refused bail and will appear at Burwood Local Court today.
