Nurse Takes Selfies With Dead Patients, Arrested For 38 Murders
As many as 38 patients cared for by the same nurse at a hospital in northeast Italy may have been killed by the health worker if she found them or their relatives to be annoying.
The nurse, Daniela Poggiali, 42 from Lugo, Italy was taken into custody over the weekend on charges in the death of 78-year-old patient Rosa Calderoni who was killed from an injection of potassium, CBC News reported.
Calderoni’s death came unexpectedly after being admitted to the hospital with a routine illness.
According to the news source, tests showed that Calderoni died with a high amount of potassium — which can provoke cardiac arrest — in her bloodstream. Her unusual passing triggered a full investigation, which reportedly revealed 37 other patients who died mysteriously while under Poggiali’s care.
During a police search of the accused nurse’s cell phone, photos were found of her giving two thumbs up next to a patient who had just passed moments prior to the snapshot, NY Post reported.
“I can assure you that in all my professional years of seeing shocking photos, there were few such as these,” said prosecutor Alessandro Mancini.
Poggiali was not generally liked by her colleagues as she went out of her way to make the job difficult for others. One coworker describe a time when Poggiali intentionally gave several patients powerful laxatives at the end of her shift to make work tough for the nurses coming in after her. Another nurse described the accused as a “cold person but always eager to work,” according to the news source.
The prosecutor has an arduous task ahead of him in proving these deaths were avoidable and intentionally caused by Poggiali. “Investigations are continuing, but there are insurmountable difficulties,” Mancini said.
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