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Convicted serial killer Charles Cullen was sentenced to life in prison for the murder of 22 patients in his care. The former nurse is believed to have killed as many as 40 patients while working at hospitals in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, using lethal injections of the heart medication digoxin to kill his victims.

Despite growing evidence of his crimes, Cullen was able to move from hospital to hospital for years, as higher ups chose not to take action for fear of creating a …

The case of a Colorado nurse who was fired after complaining about the treatment patients receive in her hospital's emergency room is drawing attention. The hospital that fired her argues there is no law protecting healthcare workers who complain about quality or safety issues. In response, Colorado state Rep. Morgan Carroll (D) has introduced the "Healthcare Workers Protection Act," a state law that would protect whistle blowers at hospitals and clinics.

- see this article from The Denver Post

Officials at Somerset Medical Center in New Jersey did not contact the police for more than three months after learning from state poison control officials that "somebody at the hospital was probably killing people." In that time convicted serial killer Charles Cullen killed five additional patients by poisioning them while working as a nurse at the facility. Story

As part of a plea deal with prosecutors to avoid the death penalty, convicted serial killer David Cullen, who killed 24 patients while working as a nurse, gave officials his advice on how hospitals can spot and deal with potentially dangerous employees. Fascinating. Story