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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 the High Court in Glasgow that McGregor believed she had been lying to him about his medical condition. | |
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 Jackson and Ross Surgery on Hyndland Road. | |
McGregor, who insisted on being 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. |
Dr Jackson added McGregor was suspicious of doctors at the practice. | Dr Jackson added McGregor was suspicious of doctors at the practice. |
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. | |
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." | |
'Delusional disorder' | |
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. | |
The surgery's practice manager Karen Doull told the court she had seen McGregor "on top" of Dr Jackson, trying to stab her. | |
She said she managed to hit the knife out of his hand. McGregor was then restrained by another patient until the police arrived. | |
Psychiatrist Dr Gordon Lenahy told the court he had diagnosed McGregor as suffering from a delusional disorder linked to an earlier stroke. | |
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". | |