A regional ambulance district is defending its security procedures after revelations that a former paramedic took painkilling drugs and gave vials of water to patients who needed pain relief. NTA Ambulance District of Bethany, Missouri issued a statement a day after the former paramedic, 31-year-old Joseph L. Comstock, pleaded guilty to federal charges of tampering [...]
Updated 2 hours ago Sixteen people on Wednesday sued Jefferson Hospital for negligence in connection with a former employee who stole painkillers intended for hospital patients and gave the patients look-alike pills not intended to treat pain. Instead of receiving oxycodone for pain control, the patients received either an anti-nausea medication or Methimazole, a thyroid [...]
PITTSBURGH — A worker at Jefferson Regional Medical Center stole large quantities of oxycodone and switched them with other types of pills, which were then given to patients instead of the powerful painkillers that they needed, according to a lawsuit filed Wednesday. The suit claims that a pharmacy technician substituted similar-looking thyroid and anti-nausea medications [...]
A lawsuit filed by 16 patients and patient relatives alleges Jefferson Hospital was negligent and had lax supervision and policies in 2012 when a hospital pharmacy technician stole Oxycodone that was mean to ease the severe pain of patients -- including some patients fighting late-stage cancer -- and replaced it with other pills that do [...]
A former paramedic with two Northwest Missouri ambulance districts pleaded guilty in federal court Tuesday to stealing pain-killing drugs and replacing the vials with water. Joseph L. Comstock, 31, of Bethany, Missouri, waived his right to a grand jury and pleaded guilty to federal information that charges him with three counts of tampering with a [...]
WALL LAKE, Iowa — A nurse has been accused of stealing painkillers from a nursing home in northwest Iowa. Court records say 50-year-old Michelle Green is charged with fraudulent practice, dependent adult abuse, tampering with records and four counts of prohibited acts. A Wall Lake phone listed for Green has been disconnected. Court records don't [...]
Reinstate nurse, judge tells Trust BelfastTelegraph.co.uk A judge at Londonderry Magistrate's Court has called on the Western Health And Social Care Trust to immediately reinstate a ward nurse who had been suspended from her post after she was arrested and charged with stealing drugs from Altnagelvin Hospital. http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/northern-ireland/reinstate-nurse-judge-tells-trust-36114218.html http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/incoming/article36114907.ece/722c7/AUTOCROP/h342/AreaHospital71.jpg Email A judge at Londonderry Magistrate's [...]
An area woman accused of stealing — then using — a powerful drug while working as a nurse at Mayo Clinic has been sentenced to a year in jail, stayed for two years. Tiffany Marie Gustafson, 32, of Sargeant, was charged in March with 10 counts of felony theft, amended last month to include one [...]
Mugshot from Epperson's previous arrest. CHATTANOOGA, TN (WRCB) - A former Hamilton County corrections officer has been arrested for stealing drugs from a local hospital for a third time Friday. According to the arrest report, 28-year-old Ryan Patrick Epperson was caught on surveillance cameras at Erlanger breaking into a [Pyxis] machine and stealing various pain [...]
Written by Mary Rechtoris | September 07, 2017 Karen Feldner pled guilty to one felony count of fentanyl theft and a related misdemeanor drug charge, according to The Times-Tribune. Here are five key points: 1. Ms. Feldner was the former director of nursing at Honesdale, Pa.-based Mountain Laurel Surgery Center. 2. In the fall 2016, the [...]