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submitted 10 months ago by girlfreddy@lemmy.ca to c/news@lemmy.world

Inside sources within Asante have since disclosed details surrounding the reported deaths, per NBC5 News. It is alleged that up to 10 patients died of infections contracted at the hospital.

The sources claim the infections were caused by a nurse who purportedly substituted medication with tap water.

It is alleged that the nurse was attempting to conceal the misuse of the hospital's pain medication supply — specifically fentanyl — and intensive care unit patients were injected with tap water, causing infections that resulted in fatalities.

Medford police have confirmed their active investigation into the situation at the hospital but have refrained from providing specific details.

The sources indicate that the unsterile tap water led to pseudomonas, a dangerous infection, especially for individuals in poor health, commonly found in a hospital's ICU.

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[-] VindictiveJudge@lemmy.world 33 points 10 months ago

At a guess, are those flushes inventoried and accounted for? Would someone notice if they came up short?

[-] roguetrick@kbin.social 69 points 10 months ago

I don't know this hospital, but I generally grab several when I come on shift, put them in my pocket, and end up accidentally taking home a few often enough that I'd end up being able to have squirt gun fights with them.

Essentially, nurses go through so many that you'd be hard pressed to control them. We use them for everything from checking the status of an IV line to cleaning a wound.

[-] dodgy_bagel@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 10 months ago

$83 per person for squirt gun fights right there, if my bill is anything to judge.

[-] oatscoop@midwest.social 3 points 10 months ago

Did they use an entire case? That's around 60 flushes.

[-] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 1 points 10 months ago

According to your bill 1 Tylenol is $500

[-] dodgy_bagel@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 10 months ago

$17 per pill. Seems pretty reasonable.

The fentanyl, however, was worth it.

[-] Kalkaline@leminal.space 31 points 10 months ago

Lol no, those saline flushes are found by the handful in supply closets.

[-] LanternEverywhere@kbin.social 24 points 10 months ago

And even if they were inventoried (which they're not) there still are always a zillion partially used bags littered everywhere, which in most cases are effectively still sterile.

[-] crashoverride@lemmy.world 21 points 10 months ago

No, they are so abundant that it'd.be impossible. Now the hanging bags of saline, yes

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