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
Karen,
Add 4000 U.S. troop boots on the ground in the Ebola Hot Zone…..And something goes Oops. (Example: A new undocumented transmission Via virus mutation)
Some of Army guys I know, said if they had a mission choice, they’d rather fight ISIS on the ground in Syria. Yeah its that scary.
The airlines don’t want international travel banned. Maybe they should have banned travel from Dallas. Is that the libertarian thing to do? No, a libertarian would cut the CDC budget and the FAA.
Yes I do blame the CDC for not moving the patients. I will not reconsider my remarks. Looks like the people in apartment fared better than the hospital workers.
Nick, Two of my doctors had offices at Presb Dallas.. They are fine for what they normally do but obviously not capable of handling this. They sent the guy home with Ebola. Don’t think too many places would do that. My friends there say people used to say Dallas was the town that shot Kennedy now they are saying they are the city that mishandled Ebola. See the new patient is thankfully going to Emory.
SWM, Do you wish to reconsider your comment? There’s no shame in admitting you’re wrong. Or, so the talking points say not to give an inch?
“Incompetent hospital.” INCOMPETENT ADMINISTRATION!!
Talking points from a Dem cultist. Deflect ALL blame from the WH and blame hospitals and nurses who were not trained. Despicable!
They’d have to assume its airborne, which isn’t in evidence yet. I wouldn’t be surprised though.
Paul – gas less than $3??!!!! Yep. I’m envious.
The CDC idiot ASSURED the public ALL hospitals were prepared. To hate on this one hospital is petty and personal. I bet any hospital besides the 5 designated hospitals would have the same problem. THEY HAVE NO BEEN TRAINED. Hate on the CDC, not the freakin’ hospital!!
Paul – I have a lot of problems with the CDC and Ebola.
Where I trust them is their biosafety protocols for biosafety levels. If they can identify the proper BS level (which seems to be a problem now) they can identify the property PSE and protocol.
They study some pretty virulent cooties here in the US, and they keep them contained. We don’t need to invent new protocols, they need to share the best ones with our healthcare workers.
SWM, Hatin’ on her former town!
SWM – I agree. Are hospitals claiming they can handle this when in fact they can’t? Perhaps the CDC should send a team to major hospitals to decide. But they probably don’t have the manpower now, and we don’t have the time anymore. Perhaps medivac flights to the few Ebola capable hospitals are the only option. But we still need protocols in place for all hospitals, because that is where the patients will be diagnosed.
Annie’s questions, as a nurse, show that our health care personnel are NOT being properly trained on Ebola. And that really preys on my mind. Our health care workers need to be protected, and need the proper tools and information to keep them, and their other patients safe.
I have great respect for health care workers (the homicidal subject of the above blog story excluded, of course) as a profession. We need to do a better job taking care of them in this latest outbreak, and be better prepared for the next, inevitable one.
The mistake that was made was letting the incompetent Dallas hospital handle anything. The patients should have been sent to Atlanta or Nebraska. Hear the new patient is being sent to Emory after she possibly infected those on a plane.
The safety protocols for high biosafety threats also include positive pressure in the rooms. Clearly, we don’t have that in most hospital rooms. So what does it matter if they bleach the floor, if the air whooshes out every time the door opens?
Protocols for varying biosafety levels:
http://www.cdc.gov/biosafety/publications/bmbl5/bmbl5_sect_iv.pdf
Here is a link to Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
http://www.health.state.mn.us/divs/idepc/dtopics/infectioncontrol/ppe/
http://www.cdc.gov/vhf/ebola/hcp/infection-prevention-and-control-recommendations.html
They already have protocols for extremely infectious disease PPE for biosafety level 4 studies at the CDC. We don’t need to reinvent the wheel, just distribute the wheel and the owners manual.
I haven’t read anything about people thinking Obama caused the Ebola outbreak because of his race. But his response to requests to close our borders was that it wouldn’t come here. Oops.
So my problem with Obama concerns management and accuracy. It’s gone beyond him, now.