The ordeal is over for two New Orleans nurses who were arrested last summer [1] on second-degree murder charges after Hurricane Katrina. The nurses, Lori Budo and Cheri Landry, had been accused of killing four patients at Tenet's Memorial Medical Center with a "cocktail" of lethal drugs. But the district attorney has now dropped the case, largely because the two testified in a grand jury hearing. The two nurses faced a mandatory life sentence if convicted of the charges.
Still up in the air, however, is the case against Dr. Anna Pou, a physician arrested and booked on second-degree murder charges along with Budo and Landry. Pou is free at the moment, having posted a $100,000 bond.
To find out more about the case:
- read this Modern Healthcare article [2]
Related Article:
Physician-assisted deaths reported in New Orleans. Report [3]
Tenet investigation in New Orleans gains steam. Report [4]
Tenet euthanasia investigation continues. Report [5]
Tenet cleared of wrongdoing during Katrina; physician still in spotlight. Report [6]
Links:
[1] http://www.fiercehealthcare.com/story/arrests-made-in-katrina-euthanasia-case/2006-07-18
[2] http://www.modernhealthcare.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070703/REG/307040001
[3] http://www.fiercehealthcare.com/story/physician-assisted-deaths-reported-in-new-orleans/2005-09-29
[4] http://www.fiercehealthcare.com/story/tenet-investigation-in-new-orleans-gains-steam/2005-10-28
[5] http://www.fiercehealthcare.com/story/tenet-euthanasia-investigation-continues/2006-02-23
[6] http://www.fiercehealthcare.com/story/tenet-cleared-of-wrongdoing-during-katrina/2006-03-16