A registered nurse in Michigan placed critical care patients in danger by swapping painkillers with saline over the span of several months, according to federal authorities. Mary Cheatham, 42, of Ypsilanti, recently admitted to the allegations, according to an Aug. 30 news release from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Michigan. “Patients [...]
A former nurse at the La Verendrye Hospital in Fort Frances admitted to altering medication administration records to steal morphine in order to feed her own addiction, which resulted in the death of a patient in palliative care. Lindsey Coyle appeared before Justice Pieter Joubert in a Fort Frances courtroom on Monday where she pleaded [...]
A New Hampshire doctor has had his license restored and can return to practice following a suspension for opioid use. Christopher S. Manfred, M.D., a former anesthesiologist at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, New Hampshire, can resume practice after undergoing treatment, according to a New Hampshire Public Radio report. Manfred’s license was suspended earlier this year [...]
A former nurse was arrested in Kentucky on murder charges after investigators said she killed her patient by injecting him with a drug he wasn’t supposed to receive. In a news release, the Lexington Police Department said Eyvette Hunter, 52, was arrested and charged with the murder of 97-year-old James Morris. Police said Hunter, who [...]
A home health nurse was arraigned Monday after she allegedly stole prescriptions from one of her Plains Township patients. Officials say 61-year-old Diane Ellingsen confessed to taking 3 or 4 tablets of Morphine every 3 to 5 times she visited her patient's home. She also admitted to occasionally stealing Methylphenidate from the woman. Ellingsen worked [...]
A now-former Denver Health paramedic is accused of stealing large quantities of fentanyl vials over a three-year period while employed by the hospital, sources tell Denver7 Investigates. On Monday afternoon, C. Pattinson, 40, pleaded not guilty in U.S. District Court to 58 counts of tampering with a consumer product and obtaining a controlled substance by [...]
A nurse at Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital in Lebanon admitted to stealing painkillers and using the drugs while on the job, according to court documents. Amy Vickers, 44, of Bradford, Vt., was arrested Monday on charges of obtaining controlled substances by “misrepresentation, fraud, forgery, deception or subterfuge,” according to the U.S. Attorney Jane Young’s [...]
A former UPMC Altoona registered nurse will spend six months on house arrest with electronic monitoring to start what will be seven years of probation for stealing narcotic medication from the hospital. Dena Jo Pacifico, 40, Altoona, was sentenced Friday in Blair County court where Judge Wade A. Kagarise decided against incarceration to address Pacifico’s [...]
KEY POINTS The former nurse reportedly used syringes to take morphine from vials She made efforts to make it appear as though the vials were still intact A patient remained in pain after receiving saline instead of morphine A former nurse has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for "tampering" with morphine medications and replacing them [...]
Eric Linn made a modest request of the senior home that cared for his mother as she lay dying of Alzheimer's disease in the spring of 2019. He asked that she be allowed to die peacefully and without any unnecessary pain. Yet Linn's trust was shattered when he learned that someone working the overnight shift [...]