Five nurses in Denver, Colorado, were suspended for allegedly opening a body bag to view a deceased patient’s genitals. On Tuesday, Denver Health Medical Center spokesman Josh Rasmussen confirmed to KMGH that five nurses were suspended in May for three weeks. A tip to the local station alleged that the nurses praised the size of …
By EMERY P. DALESIO, Associated Press RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — A jilted husband’s lawsuit against a doctor accused of stealing his wife’s love can proceed after a North Carolina appeals court ruled Tuesday that the husband can continue suing the spouse’s lover, seeking damages. The state Court of Appeals decision resurrects a lawsuit that a …
Police have arrested a nurse for allegedly molesting two patients on the same day at a Brooklyn clinic, the New York Post reports. Joseph Selmen, 31, is accused of violating the women while he performed colonoscopy exams in July at the Brooklyn Surgery Center in Bensonhurst, court records show. He was arrested Aug. 6 on …
A former Utah nurse was arrested after allegedly stealing hospital medicine and infecting patients with hepatitis C. The Salt Lake Tribune reports that Elet Neilson, 50, was indicted on Wednesday for eight counts of “fraudulently obtaining a controlled substance” and another eight counts for “tampering with a consumer product.” Neilson, also known as Elet Hamblin, reportedly altered morphine and …
A Baltimore-area Spanish teacher is headed to jail after pleading guilty to having sex with an underage student. According to the Baltimore Sun, Ekatherine Pappas, 25, a teacher at Franklin High School, pleaded guilty three counts of fourth-degree sex offense. As part of the plea bargain, prosecutors dropped the felony charge of sexual abuse of a …
Two Detroit doctors and one of the doctor’s wives carried out as many as a 100 genital mutilation procedures over a 12-year period, a federal prosecutor has alleged. According to the Detroit Free Press, prosecutors have identified eight people who fell victim to Dr. Jumana Nagarwala, 44, Dr. Fakhruddin Attar, 53, and his wife, Farida Attar, 50. …
A former Dallas neurosurgeon will be spend the rest of life behind bars after intentionally maiming a patient. A Dallas County jury sentenced him to life in prison on Monday after being found guilty earlier this year of severely injuring an elderly woman. Dallas News reports that Christopher Duntsch, 45, who once practiced medicine at hospitals in …
A woman his suing her physician ex-boyfriend, who she claims secretly slipped the Plan B birth control drug into her drink. The New York Post reports that Hyosun Kim is suing Neuroradiologist John Nwankwo Ikechi for $5 million in damages. According to her lawsuit, Kim found discarded Plan B packaging in her boyfriend’s apartment after they …
A distraught mother is suing an Ontario-based hospital after a nurse reportedly fell asleep and dropped the mom’s newborn infant on his head. The National Post reports that Kelsey Bond delivered twin boys in February at the Quinte Health Care (QHC) hospital. The babies, born prematurely, were transferred to the special care unit for surveillance shortly after birth. …
An ex-nurse who admitted to having sex with two patients at an inpatient drug rehabilitation center will not spend a day in jail. Candace A. Seelbinder, 35, of Niagara Falls, New York, was sentenced to probation for 10 years on Tuesday. The Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) and Jessica Griffin, 39, a Credentialed Alcoholism and Substance …
