NHS nurse Jennifer Melle has told GB News of how she was "racially abused and attacked" by a transgender paedophile at the hospital she worked at after referring to the patient as "Mr" during a phone call on shift.
Melle, 40, was investigated and disciplined by the St Helier Hospital in Carshalton in October 2024 following the incident, and was also referred to the Nursing and Midwifery Council.
Speaking to GB News about her ordeal, Melle recalled being left "shaken" after the patient called her "the N-word multiple times" and "lunged at her" whilst being restrained by the guards.
Recalling what happened, Melle told Free Speech Nation: "I was on the night shift, and my colleague ran towards me in distress.
"She was so shaken and she said I need help - there's a patient that wants to self-discharge and is causing mayhem and is being very disruptive to the rest of the patients on the trauma and orthopaedic ward.
NHS nurse Jennifer Melle was racially abused and attacked by a transgender paedophile after referring to them as 'Mr' during a phone call
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"I spoke to the doctor on the phone and I said, 'Mr. X would like to self-charge, is there anything we can do?' And they overheard me and began yelling and roaring, saying 'I'm a miss, don't call me mr'."
Describing how angered the patient had become, Melle said that they were "so outraged" that they began hurling "racial abuse" at her, calling her the "N-word" multiple times.
Melle recalled: "He became so outraged and began to call me the N-word multiple times, despite me trying to calm the situation.
"He had two prison guards, and we'd chained and cuffed his legs as well, and he was lunging at me, and I was shaking. I had to just take a few steps back. I had to just walk away and leave the environment."
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Melle told GB News that she was called the "N-word multiple times" during the incident
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Highlighting that she was opposed to using their preferred pronouns due to her strong Christian beliefs, Melle added that she "could not go against" what she believes in.
Melle told GB News: "I said I'm happy to call you by your preferred feminine name that we had on the board, but I cannot refer to you as a miss.
"I am of Christian faith, and I'm a very strong believer and I'm a street preacher as well, so I cannot go against it."
Detailing the process she endured from the hospital following the incident, Melle said the investigation by the Nursing and Midwifery Council is "still ongoing" after a "final written warning" from the hospital, and an attempt to "trick her into doing what they want".
Melle was investigated and disciplined by the hospital in Surrey in late 2024
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Emphasising the personal impact this has had, Melle concluded: "I can't refer to a man as a woman or a woman as a man, it is against my faith. And I was demoted in a way, because I was not working in the role that I was supposed to be working - I was literally redeployed to a different department.
"I was in tears, actually. I felt I was being punished for my faith, I felt like I was the prisoner here, being threatened by management, and like I had nothing to say. It was difficult. I had a quite traumatic couple of months."
She added: "I was quite disappointed that they were siding with the sex offender paedophile - I don't think they were concerned about my feelings or how I was racially abused.
"I'm a very passionate nurse and I love my job. For 12 years of my nursing, I've always enjoyed my job and never had any complaints."
A spokesman for Epsom and Saint Helier University Hospitals NHS trust said: "These matters are still subject to ongoing internal proceedings, so it wouldn't be right for us to comment further."
