Post by taxed on Oct 5, 2005 13:33:17 GMT -6
CLERMONT, Fla. -- A substitute teacher in Lake County, Fla., was terminated and banned from teaching in the county after he ripped out a student's insulin pump during class apparently thinking it was a ringing cell phone, according to a Local 6 News report.
Officials said a ninth-grade student at East Ridge High School, who is a Type I diabetic, was in class Monday when his insulin pump began to beep, indicating he was low on insulin.
Witnesses said the class teacher, Richard Maline, 51, asked the student what the beeping was.
School officials said Maline then grabbed the device, thinking it was a cell phone beeping and detached the tube that connects the insulin pump to the student's leg.
The student went to the school's clinic and had the tube reinserted.
Officials said a ninth-grade student at East Ridge High School, who is a Type I diabetic, was in class Monday when his insulin pump began to beep, indicating he was low on insulin.
Witnesses said the class teacher, Richard Maline, 51, asked the student what the beeping was.
School officials said Maline then grabbed the device, thinking it was a cell phone beeping and detached the tube that connects the insulin pump to the student's leg.
The student went to the school's clinic and had the tube reinserted.