One of the stories making the news here in Italy is the arrest of Daniela Poggiali, 42, a nurse who is accused of killing at least 38 of her patients because she found them or their relatives to be annoying. She was initially charged in the death of an elderly patient and now police believe that she is a serial killer.
The case of Rosa Calderoni draw attention of the authorities because she been admitted for a routine illness and when she died there were high levels of potassium in her bloodstream. At least 10 other deaths are now being listed as “very suspicious”.
Prosecutor Rossella Materia called her a sadist who “who draws pleasure in provoking the death of the patients in her care.” One picture on her phone reportedly shows her giving a thumbs up next to when of her patients who had died seconds before. The public statements are an interesting dimension since Italy prosecutes people for criminal libel, as in the abusive case against the parents of Amanda Knox that we discussed earlier. While comments against the police can bring a charge, it clearly does not apply when prosecutors make such comments against individuals.
Even a colleague described her as a “cold person who was always eager to work.” This included the allegation from a co-worker that Poggiali would give patients strong laxatives at the end of her shift to make work more difficult for the nurses taking over.
Poggiali told police that she is innocent and the victim of a conspiracy by her enemies.
The case could prove very difficult given the length of time that has passed.
Source: MSN
DBQ – I don’t get it either. Your remarks seem perfectly reasonable to me. There are issues I disagree with for unions, but when they do a good thing, they deserve credit.
Annie – see my “metaphor” comment which explained it.
I am not at your command.
My recommendation here is the same as I tell my 6 year old: don’t let others determine your behavior. That book recommendation above was to illustrate that point.
Annie – as I used to tell my students. YOU decide how pushes your buttons.
hahahahaha. She brought him up again. Annie, seriously, I don’t think you can help it at this point. Let it go. Ignore him, at least most of the time.
And there was no tit for tat when your buddy called me a “white knuckled drunk”. Again shame on you Karen.
So…Annie had a moment think about it? Tell me what part of my post offended you about the Nurse’s union?
Darren has been given the job of enforcing the civility rules, I assume JT expected him to do so equitably.
Karen, Thanks.
Karen what is even more WIERD is that you do not distance yourself from him, instead you enable him in his bullying. Shame on you.
And the personal tit for tat on this site is NOT Darren’s fault! It’s the posters’ fault who hit “enter.”
“And Karen I’m not alone in my dislike for a certain individual.”
Yes, we ALL know! Do you plan to keep bringing him up obsessively? It’s weird.
Let’s say that if I complain about Obama, it’s like chumming for sharks, which bite me. It’s a simile! I am not actually calling a poster a literal shark! Metaphors are not literal. That’s why they’re literary devices!
Nick was saying that his commending the nurse’s union was a temptation for abuse that you just could not, would not, overlook.
Was he right?
*Rest of us*
And Karen I’m not alone in my dislike for a certain individual. There are MANY who feel as I do. When you get called a “white knuckled drunk” get back to me on how it makes you feel. What a way to destroy a good conversation. But that might have been his purpose? Or was it just the mean spirited hateful banter he engages in daily and gets away with, while the test of us are held to a higher standard? Anyone see anything wrong with this picture?
Don’t play coy DBQ, go re-read what you wrote.
OK here it is. What about the Nurse’s union that I stated here do you object to. Please be specific and use only the words that I wrote..
“People have already commended the nurses union for stepping up and looking out for its members safety and job conditions. This is what a union is supposed to do and good for them. There are other things that some other unions do that I object to but those are immaterial to the topic at hand and have nothing to do with this discussion. However, to turn this potential catastrophe, as it already is in Africa and his likely to become here, into an ideological tit for tat and digressing into all sorts of wild hare pathways such as rape……is not productive. “
Karen,
No I can’t complain to Darren. I’ve seen first hand the double standard in deletions while JT has been gone, it’s not worth the effort. It’s pretty obvious to most here that justice is not being well served.
Annie – so, you got deleted. Big deal. Move on. That is not an injustice. It happens.
I studied pandemics in several courses in college. Where possible, their spread was tracked and modeled. I always had this feeling that I wished they could have been stopped right THERE, at that initial jumping off point. But, of course, no one can go back in time and undo a catastrophe.
Well, we’re at that point now. Is some college student going to learn about how we failed, or will we learn and adapt and slam that lid down? We have the capability to nip this in the bud, but we need to manage this effectively. This is not about panicking or over-reacting, but about managing outbreaks effectively and with decision. Clearly, we’ve already discovered logistics, infrastructure, and training issues. Are we going to keep telling ourselves this is no problem, because dread disease just don’t happen here? Or are we going to get real?
Annie – What double standard? You want me to excuse you calling someone a d&(*(&k and go after the object of your fascination for complaining about cultist behavior. We ALL know you hate Nick. You bring him up often and repeatedly in every single thread, I believe. I am not at your command. I have not complained about your every personal attack, but only recently put in my two cents, unasked, when his wife was attacked. If you have a problem with Nick, complain to the administrator.
But if any of us complaint about Obama’s mismanagement, we’re attacked, which is, in fact, willful blindness, cultism, or anything you want to call it.
We are SUPPOSED to learn from our mistakes. The question after a catastrophe is supposed to be, “How can we prevent this next time?” After Hurricane Katrina, there were so many problems with mismanagement and the handling of the crisis. We are required to study these mistakes, learn, and try not to repeat them.
But there is this persistent feeling that Obama CANNOT make a mistake. If I criticize him for ANYTHING, the whole lot of Obama supporters boil over. I just can’t understand that mindset. I loved Reagan, before I was ever really political, and yet I understood in hindsight some of his mistakes, such as his attempt at increasing benefits for Medicare, that caused premiums to skyrocket. Nothing like a mob of elderly people trying to roll his car to get that point across.
Just in case my earlier plea was ambiguous, can we please discuss issues and not which RIL Coalition Team we’re on?
Karen – I am woefully ignorant here. What does RIL stand for?
Don’t play coy DBQ, go re-read what you wrote. First paragraph @5:17.
Olly, because your buddy Spinelli has “internalized” the civility rules? Seriously? He just called me a “white knuckled drunk”. That was civil? Was that civil Darren? Why hasn’t that comment been deleted for violating had civility rule? Double standard at play? Simply amazing.
Annie – I would have been more concerned about the vodka example. Evidently, white-knuckle is your level of intolerance. 😉