Weird Nurse Who Killed 38 Patients As She Says She Found Them "Annoying."
A hospital nurse was
arrested on suspicion of killing several terminal patients, in Lugo, northern
Italy.
A female nurse, Daniela
Poggiali, was accused of giving her patients high doses of potassium because
she found them or their families annoying
A
female nurse, Daniela Poggiali, was accused of giving her patients high doses
of potassium because she found them or their families annoying. The inquiry was
sparked by the unexpected death of a 78-year-old patient who was admitted to a
hospital with a routine illness.
Tests
indicated that the pensioner had unusual amounts of potassium chloride in her
bloodstream – high doses of which can trigger cardiac arrest. However, there
are some difficulties with the investigation as potassium fades from the bloodstream
within a few days, making it hard to detect.
Italian
police are now investigating 38 deaths, including ten which have been described
as ‘very suspicious’. In local reports, one nurse who worked with Poggiali
described her as a ‘cold person but always eager to work’. The investigation
continues.
Potassium
chloride is used to prevent or to treat low blood levels of potassium
(hypokalemia).It is used as part of the death penalty in the U.S.
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