used a syringe to steal fentanyl and other powerful painkillers from vials, then replaced the painkillers with sterile water. Many of the painkillers were to be used for patients undergoing surgery or giving birth. Several lawsuits subsequently were filed against the hospital by former patients who say they suffered needless pain because of the theft
A 37-year-old former at the was placed on probation for stealing drugs from the hospital. Federal prosecutors say Heydon White, a pharmacy technician, admitted that he stole the painkiller fentanyl from cabinets at the University of Kansas Hospital. He was responsible for stocking the computerized cabinets and removing expired medication for disposal. Prosecutors say White
Weberg, a former nurse at MultiCare Good Samaritan Hospital in Puyallup, admitted to diverting fentanyl and hydromorphone, narcotic pain medications. Police also said that two patients who were under her care in the emergency department in December 2017 were later admitted to the hospital and tested positive for hepatitis C. On September 1 2023,
Officials with the Montgomery County Prosecutor's Office said that office is considering charges against a nurse, Samantha Moyer, after Alan King, a patient's husband, accused Moyer of stealing medication from his wife. Alan King, whose wife had surgery at Kettering Medical Center for a life-threatening illness, said she was in unnecessary agony in the days
Georgia nurse arrested after submitting a self-report form to the Board of Nursing admitting she diverted morphine, Ativan, and Benadryl from her workplace.
See description for McKay-Dee Hospital. Health officials believe Neilson may have exposed as many as 7,200 patients to the hepatitis C genotype B strain. Of those patients, roughly 4,800 were treated at Ogden's McKay-Dee Hospital — where Neilson worked from June 2013 to November 2014 — and 2,369 were at Davis Hospital and Medical Center,
12,000 exposed to Hepatitis C in seven states after stealing fentanyl and refilling syringes with saline to be later injected into patients.
Jmes Rellihan: On Feb. 26, Rellihan showed up at the Normal nursing home where he had previously worked. He went to a patient’s room where he removed a fentanyl patch from a man with dementia, according to the charges.
A former nurse who diluted Valium intended for disabled patients pleaded guilty to two charges of tampering with a consumer product. Kristie Ann Mollohan of Kalamazoo entered the pleas Thursday, Aug. 30, in U.S. District Court in Grand Rapids. A third tampering charge will be dismissed. The maximum penalty is 10 years in prison. She
7,200 exposed to hepatitis C after investigation linked the same hepatitis from a patient treated at the hospital where a nurse diverted drugs in 2014.