Five international cases of nurses suspected in patient deaths
An Ontario nurse was charged Tuesday with the first-degree murder of eight long-term care home residents who died between 2007 and 2014.
Investigators say 49-year-old Elizabeth Tracey Mae Wettlaufer of Woodstock, Ont., allegedly administered a drug to each of her victims which led to their deaths.
Here are some other cases of nurses suspected in patient deaths:
— DANIELA POGGIALI: The Italian nurse was arrested in 2014 on suspicion of killing several terminally ill patients who were under her care. Prosecutors accused her of administering massive doses of potassium chloride to the patients. Her case gained global notoriety after it was reported that she allegedly took “selfies” with dead patients.