Suspected Minn. 'suicide nurse' has license revoked

StarTribune ^ | 10/14/09 | Paul Walsh

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

A onetime licensed practical nurse in Minnesota has had his license revoked after state officials ruled that he entered suicide chats sites on the Internet and encouraged people to kill themselves, two of whom did just that after communicating with him.

In an order in June by the Minnesota Board of Nursing, William Melchert-Dinkel, 47, had his license taken away after the board accepted an extensive investigation about Melchert-Dinkel's several years of participating on suicide websites. His license had been suspended by the board in February.

The "findings of fact" collected by a state administrative law judge and accepted by the nurses board determined that Melchert-Dinkel went online and encouraged people to commit suicide and watched with a web cam as people killed themselves. Melchert-Dinkel failed to appear for any of the board's proceedings involving him. A call to his home this morning in Faribault was not answered. Criminal charges have not been filed.

[ButThreeLeftsDo]

New healthcare czar?

[WOBBLY BOB]

new deathpanel czar...Kevorkian was busy.

[Constitutions Grandchild]

Timing is everything. In a few more months, he would have been given an award. It sort’ve reminds me of the old Carlin joke, “There are thousands of guys doing time in Purgatory for a bologna sandwich on Fridays,” then suddenly, it's okay. Who knew????? In a year or so, he'll get the Humanitarian of the Year award, unless the President beats him out of it.

[Cicero]

Good to know there is still some sanity left in Minnesotastan.

[TASMANIANRED]

New and improved Death Czar