Man avoids jail over drug-fuelled outburst

A man was high on cocaine when he began screaming at doctors and nurses in a birthing unit as his sister was giving birth, and had to be tasered and restrained by police, a Sydney court has heard.

Mousallem Samer on Tuesday was sentenced in Burwood Local Court over the drug-fuelled outburst at Canterbury Hospital in October 2016.

The 26-year-old was put on a good behaviour bond and given 250 hours of community service for offensive behaviour, intimidating staff, and resisting and assaulting police.

Samer had taken cocaine before he and his father drove his heavily pregnant sister to hospital, court documents show.

In the birthing unit, Samer began screaming at the doctors and nurses treating his sister, demanding they get the baby out safely.

Samer refused to leave, causing fearful staff members to call security. Other patients and their families were moved out of the unit during the commotion.

Samer eventually agreed to go with police before changing his mind and storming into his sister's birthing room.

He wrestled with officers before jumping on a bed, where he was tasered.

Samer spat in the direction of officers multiple times as they tried to get him into a police car.

His lawyer, Peter Mitchell, told the magistrate on Tuesday that Samer had since stopped using cocaine and was undergoing treatment for drug and mental health issues.