Posted on 12/04/2014 9:38:02 AM PST by Morgana
Almost 100 deaths occurred under the watch of an Italian nurse accused of murdering dozens of patients, health officials said.
The figure is several times higher than that of other nurses at the same hospital.
Police were initially investigating 38 suspect deaths at a hospital in Lugo di Romagna, near Ravenna, after an autopsy found poison in the system of an elderly woman in the care of Daniela Poggiali, a 42-year-old nurse from the nearby town of Faenza.
Detectives have now extended their probe to as many as 96 deaths that occurred during Poggiali's shifts in a 12 months period.
The developments came after health officials released patient mortality figures for each of the 39 nurses in service at the Umberto I hospital from April 2013 to April 2014.
Investigators in charge of the probe have described the results, which revealed Poggiali topped the list by a large margin, as "worrying", Ansa news agency reported.
Fifty patients died in her direct care in the period under consideration - almost three times more than those who passed under the watch of the nurse with the second highest patient mortally rate (17), according to Ravenna's Local Health Agency Unit (Ausl).
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Expect BO to hire her for Czar of Death Panels.
This seems to happen more often than one might hope.
It’s hard to believe that the supervisors didn’t notice this. I suspect they only acted on it when it went public.
Hmmmm, not guilty!
I think it happens more often that it’s actually caught.
QUIT!
You would not be worried of such things if she was your actual nurse!
I fear that you are correct.
Agree.
Actually, judging from that photo she would be pretty if she didn’t have that sinister look. No, thanks.
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