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A doctor has told a court how she was repeatedly stabbed by a patient in her Glasgow surgery.A doctor has told a court how she was repeatedly stabbed by a patient in her Glasgow surgery.
Dr Helen Jackson described how she fell to the floor, shut her eyes and put her hand up to protect her face after being attacked by 62-year-old Ian McGregor.Dr Helen Jackson described how she fell to the floor, shut her eyes and put her hand up to protect her face after being attacked by 62-year-old Ian McGregor.
She told an examination of facts hearing at the High Court in Glasgow, McGregor believed she had been lying to him about his medical condition. She told the High Court in Glasgow that McGregor believed she had been lying to him about his medical condition.
McGregor will not stand trial as a stroke has left him unfit to plead. McGregor will not stand trial as he has been deemed unfit to plead following a stroke.
The court last week heard how the stroke had left McGregor insane.The court last week heard how the stroke had left McGregor insane.
He had been charged with attempted murder after Dr Jackson, 57, was attacked at the The Jackson and Ross Surgery on Hyndland Road. He had been charged with attempted murder after Dr Jackson, 57, was attacked at the Jackson and Ross Surgery on Hyndland Road.
'Mentally upset' McGregor, who insisted on being in court, had been a patient at the practice for about 20 years.
McGregor, who was in court, had been a patient at the practice for about 20 years. He thought we were not telling him the truth about his condition, he thought we were keeping secrets from him Dr Helen Jackson
Dr Jackson told the court he was an "unwell man", having suffered from raised blood pressure, problems with circulation in the brain and a few small strokes.Dr Jackson told the court he was an "unwell man", having suffered from raised blood pressure, problems with circulation in the brain and a few small strokes.
He was also "mentally upset", the doctor said.He was also "mentally upset", the doctor said.
"I was very worried about his mental health," she said.
Dr Jackson added McGregor was suspicious of doctors at the practice.Dr Jackson added McGregor was suspicious of doctors at the practice.
"He thought we were not telling him the truth about his condition, he thought we were keeping secrets from him," she said. She told how, at a visit to the surgery on 30 August 2007, he accused her of not telling him the truth about his condition, claiming he had not received proper treatment for an ingrown toe nail, and related this to the fact he had suffered a stroke.
I was afraid, I kept my eyes shut. I was just trying to get away from him Dr Helen Jackson
"He wanted to see lots of different specialists because he did not trust our opinion.
"He saw doctors in the Western Infirmary who were trying to control his blood pressure and he thought they were trying to poison him."
On 30 August, 2007, Dr Jackson agreed to see Mr McGregor after he came to the surgery.
She said he had accused her of not telling him the truth about his condition, saying he had not received proper treatment for an ingrown toe nail, and related this to the fact he had suffered a stroke.
Dr Jackson told him she could not longer be his GP and he would have to find another one, to which he replied: "It's too late for that."Dr Jackson told him she could not longer be his GP and he would have to find another one, to which he replied: "It's too late for that."
She said: "I got up out of my chair to try and open the door to signify that the consultation was at an end and Mr McGregor stood up and said 'This is your end' and started to stab me. She said: "I got up out of my chair to try and open the door to signify that the consultation was at an end and Mr McGregor stood up and said 'This is your end' and started to stab me."
"I was so shocked I fell, I was knocked over." 'Delusional disorder'
She added: "I think I was repeatedly struck when I was on the floor, but I could not be absolutely certain of that. I was too terrified." Dr Jackson's screams alerted the surgery's practice manager and practice nurse, who came to her aid. She was taken to the city's Western Infirmary and treated for wounds to her chest, breast and right hand.
When asked if she had seen McGregor's hands as she was being attacked, the doctor added: "I was afraid, I kept my eyes shut. I was just trying to get away from him." The surgery's practice manager Karen Doull told the court she had seen McGregor "on top" of Dr Jackson, trying to stab her.
GP's screams She said she managed to hit the knife out of his hand. McGregor was then restrained by another patient until the police arrived.
She added that she felt blows to her chest wall and her hand which she had lifted to try and protect her face. Psychiatrist Dr Gordon Lenahy told the court he had diagnosed McGregor as suffering from a delusional disorder linked to an earlier stroke.
Dr Jackson's screams alerted the surgery's practice manager and practice nurse, who came to her aid. He added that McGregor, currently detained at the Rowanbank Clinic at Stobhill Hospital, had "persecutory" beliefs and had expressed thoughts that the court hearing was a "fix".
Staff managed to remove and disarm McGregor, who was restrained by another patient until the police arrived.
Dr Jackson was taken to the city's Western Infirmary, where she was treated for wounds to her chest, breast and right hand.
She told the court the injuries had left scars.
Dr Jackson fought back tears as she told how she had returned to work soon after the attack.
"I have always wanted to be a doctor... so I had to return to what I was good at," she said.
She later added: "I have not got as many patient contacts as I used to have because it is very stressful, but I did not want to stop being a doctor."