Who's working American hospitals now?As many as 10 patients at an Oregon hospital may have died after a nurse allegedly swapped out fentanyl in IVs for tap water, prompting an investigation of the theft of medication.Officials at Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center in Medford say they alerted police early last month that they believed a former employee had stolen medication.
Some sources at the hospital told local NBC affiliate KOBI that nine people had died from infections, while other sources said there were 10 deaths in total.
Multiple sources also told the outlet the nurse injected the patients with non-sterile tap water to cover up their misuse of the hospital’s supply of pain medication, namely fentanyl.
Up to 10 hospital patients died after nurse allegedly replaced fentanyl IVs with tap water
Officials at Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center in Oregon say they alerted police early last month that they believed a former employee had stolen medication.Isabel Keane (New York Post)
