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Up to 10 hospital patients in Oregon died from tap water injections instead of fentanyl: report (www.businessinsider.com)

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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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[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Your hypothetical does not accurately reflect anything about how the healthcare system works.

No transplant surgeon is getting a surprise shift. This is exactly why on-call shifts exist. There is already someone available who knows they need to be ready to go at a moment's notice.

And nurses don't function the same as doctors. We are regular wage employees, just like anyone working retail. We absolutely do not have to be available whenever and wherever. They can (and do, constantly) ask us to pick up shifts. But we're not obligated to come in on our scheduled days off.

Healthcare corporations need to get their fucking staffing models together.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It is purely because doctors are held to a higher standard and have higher ethical responsibility the hypothetical doesn't exist. If it weren't that case, say if all the doctors came from a staffing agency that acts as a sort of union, then it's totally plausible a Surgeon could pull this stunt.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

You literally have no idea what you're talking about. Doctors don't work for wages. Their labor model is completely different from nurses.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Doctors don’t work for wages.

LMFAO. Bro, it might be charitable work but it isn't charity. Everybody goes to work with the expectation of getting paid, and if doctors stopped getting paid it wouldn't be long before they stopped coming to work.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

Doctors don't work FOR WAGES meaning they are not hourly wage employees. Their pay structure is completely different, which means their LABOR MODEL is completely different. Of course they work for money.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 10 months ago

This person is off their rocker.