By Editor Harrison Christian
A nurse has been stripped of his registration after he allegedly groped a schoolgirl in broad daylight in Sydney’s eastern suburbs.
Zachary Luke Hsu, 28, worked as a registered nurse at Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick, from February 2022 until March 2023.
Hsu’s employment was suspended after he was charged with sexually touching another person without consent and intentionally touching a child 10 years or older and under 16 years, according to court documents.
The charges related to an alleged incident in February 2023 where Hsu followed a 14-year-old student while she was walking home from Randwick Girls High School.
Hsu said, ‘Can I just…?’ before allegedly reaching under the victim’s skirt and squeezing her left buttock, then running away.
The alleged victim made a distraught call to her brother, who claimed he spotted Hsu getting into a car and driving off.
At a Local Court of New South Wales hearing in June 2023, Magistrate Maneas noted Hsu’s psychologist had diagnosed him with autism spectrum disorder, generalised anxiety disorder, clinical depression and substance-induced mental disorder.
The magistrate dismissed Hsu’s charges on the basis that he had a mental impairment.
Zachary Luke Hsu, 28, worked as a registered nurse at Prince of Wales Hospital, Randwick, from February 2022 until March 2023
Hsu was prohibited from providing any health service (stock image)
He was discharged into the care of his psychologist on a number of conditions, including therapy, mindfulness practice, and ‘self-soothing activities’.
The Health Care Complaints Commission launched proceedings against Hsu in the NSW Civil and Administrative Tribunal, and in a decision released on Thursday, his registration was cancelled.
He was also prohibited from providing any health service.
Hsu was not allowed to apply for a review of those orders for the next two years.