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A palliative care nurse in Germany has been sentenced to life in prison after he was convicted of the murder of 10 patients and the attempted murder of 27 others.

Prosecutors alleged that the man, who has not been publicly named, injected his mostly elderly patients with painkillers or sedatives in an effort to ease his workload during shifts overnight.

The offences were committed between December 2023 and May 2024 in a hospital in Wuerselen, in western Germany.

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[–] SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Wonder if this will cause any scrutiny of the oppressive work culture of the medical industry?

XD

Nah, we will pretend like this was a freak occurrence not caused by anything external.

[–] glimse@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I feel guilty enough sometimes having to give my dog allergy medicine that makes him drowsy

[–] helix@feddit.org 3 points 6 months ago

See that's why you'll never make it as a German nurse

[–] kurodriel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I Wonder how someone with such an apparent lack of empathy finds its way into a nursing profession