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Italian nurse Daniela Poggiali accused of killing 'up to 38 patients because she found them annoying' Italian nurse Daniela Poggiali accused of killing 'up to 38 patients because she found them annoying'
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Police in Italy are investigating whether a nurse could have killed up to 38 people who have died in hospital in suspicious circumstances.Police in Italy are investigating whether a nurse could have killed up to 38 people who have died in hospital in suspicious circumstances.
The nurse, Daniela Poggiali, is accused of injecting one patient with a fatal dose of potassium after the 78-year-old patient, who was admitted to hospital with a routine illness, died unexpectedly. The nurse, Daniela Poggiali, is accused of injecting a 78-year-old patient, Rosa Calderoni, with a fatal dose of potassium when she was admitted to hospital in Lugo in the province of Ravenna with a condition related to diabetes, according to the Italian newspaper Libero Quotidiano.
She is also suspected of giving her patients high doses of potassium because she found them or their families annoying, according to local news reports in Italy. The police inquiry is being expanded to investigate 38 deaths, including 10 which police have described as “very suspicious” according to Italian media reports. Ms Poggiali is also suspected of giving her patients high doses of potassium because she found them or their families annoying, according to Libero Quotidiano.
The police inquiry is being expanded to investigate 38 deaths, including ten which police have described as “very suspicious” according to local media reports of a police press conference. Police said that they were investigating whether the patients were allegedly killed because they were too "difficult" to treat or because the families were overly pushy.
The Italian newspaper Libero Quotidiano has reported that a staff member at the hospital claimed that Poggiali, 42, had asked to have her photo taken next to a patient who had just died. Alessandro Mancini, the chief prosecutor of Ravenna, described the investigation as "very complex".
Another staff member reportedly said the nurse had joked about giving a high dose of potassium to a very ill patient. The Corriere di Bologna newspaper also reported that police have a phone belonging to Poggiali, 42, contained a photo she took of her giving a thumbs-up next to a patient that had died. As a result, Poggiali could face charges for disrespecting the dead.
The Corriere di Bologna newspaper has reported that a phone taken by the police contains a photo she took with giving a thumbs up next to a patient that had died.
Potassium chloride can trigger cardiac arrest and is used in the US for administering the death penalty.Potassium chloride can trigger cardiac arrest and is used in the US for administering the death penalty.
Police reportedly said the case was difficult because potassium fades from the blood very quickly.Police reportedly said the case was difficult because potassium fades from the blood very quickly.