Nurse banned over relationship with mental health patient she kissed and took to Canberra escape room

<p>Dilnoor Kang exchanged up to 5,000 messages and calls with vulnerable young patient over just one year </p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2025/oct/31/australia-news-live-politics-parliament-coalition-labor-net-zero-anthony-albanese-sussan-ley-epbc-nature-laws-ntwnfb">Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates</a></p></li><li><p>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl">breaking news email</a>, <a href="https://app.adjust.com/w4u7jx3">free app</a> or <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/series/full-story?CMP=cvau_sfl">daily news podcast</a></p></li></ul><p>A nurse has been banned over an intimate relationship with a vulnerable mental health patient, after taking him to an escape room, exchanging thousands of calls and texts and being seen kissing him.</p><p>Dilnoor Kang, who was a nurse at Wagga Wagga’s mental health unit in regional NSW, was on Friday found guilty of professional misconduct over the years-long relationship and for lying to various health authorities about it.</p><p><em>In Australia, the crisis support service Lifeline is 13 11 14. In the US, the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline is 1-800-273-8255. In the UK, Samaritans can be contacted on 116 123.<strong> </strong>Other international suicide helplines can be found at <a href="https://www.befrienders.org/">befrienders.org</a></em></p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/oct/31/nurse-banned-over-relationship-with-mental-health-patient-she-kissed-and-took-to-escape-room">Continue reading...</a>