Is this a joke?

This has to be a wind-up, right? I am sure it is very serious for the parties involved, but it sounds like a Monty Python sketch!

(taken from http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/kent/4721954.stm)

"Nurse was 'hit with frozen fish'

"A disciplinary hearing has been told how a nurse allegedly hit a colleague with a frozen fish at a Kent hospital.

"One nurse said she was slapped in the face with a frozen trout after a patient brought several of them into the hospital as a gift to staff. Ms Jennings then said "give us a kiss" while moving the fish's mouth, the hearing was told."