Suspicious deaths at Stepping Hill Hospital
Bill Dickinson, a 82 year old male is what seems the
fourth victim in a row of suspicious deaths in Stepping Hill Hospital. The man
died on New Year’s Eve, contamination of his saline infuse is thought to be the
cause of his death. A 46 year old male nurse has been arrested in suspicion of
contaminating saline infusions of at least 16 patients, 4 of them are now dead.
The arrest has caused a huge panic under staff members and regular patients of
the hospital, many of them which rely on the hospital since it is the only one
in the area.
Earlier, a female nurse was arrested as well but
charges against her have been dropped due to the lack of evidence. For the 46
year old male nurse however, charges seem to stick and he could face a hefty
prison sentence.
My reaction
I was quite shocked when I read about this because if
there is one place where you should be able to trust people it is the hospital.
You trust these people to take care of you and that they will do anything to
save your life. When I read the story it also reminded me of some similar
incident in The Netherlands, where a nurse was also accused of murdering her
own patients. I believe charges against her were also dropped due to a lack of
evidence or a mistake in building the case. Scary stuff.
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