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Ohio doctor charged with killing 25 patients is freed on $1M bond
5 years, 7 months ago

Ohio doctor charged with killing 25 patients is freed on $1M bond

Daily Mail  

Dr William Husel was indicted for 25 counts of murder by a grand jury in Columbus, Ohio A critical care doctor charged with murder in 25 patient deaths has been released from jail on bond after two days. Former Mount Carmel Dr. William Husel arrives at the downtown Columbus Division of Police headquarters where he was charged with 25 counts …

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Ohio doctor charged with murder of 25 hospital patients 'deliberately given painkiller overdoses'
5 years, 7 months ago

Ohio doctor charged with murder of 25 hospital patients 'deliberately given painkiller overdoses'

Daily Mail  

A critical care doctor in Ohio has been accused of killing 25 hospital patients by deliberately giving them overdoses of painkillers, authorities say. Prosecutors say the physician deliberately prescribed potentially fatal doses of painkillers to 29 patients at Mount Carmel Health System between 2014 and 2018 Husel, 43, was fired from Mount Carmel Health System in December and stripped of …

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Doctor’s dosing prompts a look at more hospital regulation
5 years, 8 months ago

Doctor’s dosing prompts a look at more hospital regulation

Associated Press  

COLUMBUS, Ohio — How might Ohio better regulate hospitals following allegations that an intensive care doctor ordered excessive painkiller doses for dozens of patients who then died? Mount Carmel acknowledged in recent months that a now-fired doctor, William Husel, ordered potentially fatal drug doses for 29 patients over several years, and doses for six more that were excessive but likely …

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Police pledge ‘thorough investigation’ of patient deaths
5 years, 10 months ago

Police pledge ‘thorough investigation’ of patient deaths

Associated Press  

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Law enforcement authorities on Thursday pledged a “thorough investigation” into allegations against an intensive-care doctor accused of ordering painkiller overdoses for dozens of Ohio hospital patients. Investigators and then medical experts must also obtain and review thousands of pages of medical reports, said Franklin County Prosecutor Ron O’Brien and Tim Becker, the acting Columbus police chief. Authorities …

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Hospital tightens drug access, rules after excessive dosages
5 years, 10 months ago

Hospital tightens drug access, rules after excessive dosages

Associated Press  

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Ohio hospital system that found a doctor ordered possibly fatal doses of powerful painkillers for dozens of patients has tightened policies and drug access to address problems in pharmaceutical services that jeopardized Medicare participation for two hospitals, according to corrective plans submitted to the U.S. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. They were instituted in the …

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Family says woman’s death led to accused Ohio doc’s removal
5 years, 11 months ago

Family says woman’s death led to accused Ohio doc’s removal

Associated Press  

COLUMBUS, Ohio — An Ohio patient died minutes after she was given a “grossly excessive” dose of pain medication ordered by a doctor who was removed from patient care the following day and is now under investigation in connection with previous deaths, the patient’s family and their lawyers said Wednesday. The Columbus-area Mount Carmel Health System removed intensive care doctor …

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More staff on leave as hospital reviews deaths, drug doses
5 years, 11 months ago

More staff on leave as hospital reviews deaths, drug doses

Associated Press  

COLUMBUS, Ohio — An Ohio hospital said Tuesday it has put more employees, including managers, on leave amid allegations that an intensive-care doctor ordered potentially fatal doses of pain medication for dozens of patients. Mount Carmel found Dr. William Husel ordered potentially fatal doses for at least 28 patients over several years and doses for six more patients that were …

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Ohio doc’s license suspended amid review of hospital deaths
5 years, 11 months ago

Ohio doc’s license suspended amid review of hospital deaths

Associated Press  

COLUMBUS, Ohio — Ohio’s medical board on Friday suspended the license of a doctor accused of ordering excessive and possibly fatal pain medicine for dozens of hospital patients without their families’ knowledge. The board said there is clear evidence that Husel violated minimum standards of care and that his continued practice of medicine would present “a danger of immediate and …

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Doctor who ordered outsize pain meds kept working for weeks
5 years, 11 months ago

Doctor who ordered outsize pain meds kept working for weeks

Associated Press  

COLUMBUS, Ohio — A doctor who ordered excessive and possibly fatal doses of pain medicine for dozens of hospital patients kept working for four weeks after concern was raised last fall, an Ohio health care system acknowledged Thursday. Three patients died during those weeks after getting excessive doses ordered by Dr. William Husel, the Columbus-area Mount Carmel Health System said …

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Hospital: ‘Poor decisions’ by staff giving outsize pain meds
5 years, 11 months ago

Hospital: ‘Poor decisions’ by staff giving outsize pain meds

Associated Press  

COLUMBUS, Ohio — An Ohio doctor’s orders for potentially fatal doses of pain medicine given to at least 27 hospital patients were carried out by employees who “made poor decisions” and ignored existing safeguards, a top administrator told staff in an internal video. It also spurred at least four lawsuits alleging patients died because hospital employees either negligently or intentionally …

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New suits filed over pain meds given to near-death patients
5 years, 11 months ago

New suits filed over pain meds given to near-death patients

Associated Press  

COLUMBUS, Ohio — An Ohio man said Wednesday he was stunned to learn of allegations that his wife’s hospital death last year was caused by a doctor’s order for a fatal dose of pain medication. The lawsuits accused the doctor of ordering that near-death hospital patients get potentially fatal doses of pain medicine without their families’ knowledge. A third lawsuit …

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Hospital: Doc gave near-death patients excessive pain meds
5 years, 11 months ago

Hospital: Doc gave near-death patients excessive pain meds

Associated Press  

COLUMBUS, Ohio — An intensive care doctor ordered “significantly excessive and potentially fatal” doses of pain medicine for at least 27 near-death patients in the past few years after families asked that lifesaving measures be stopped, an Ohio hospital system announced after being sued by a family alleging an improper dose of fentanyl actively hastened the death of one of …

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