FRANKFURT AM MAIN - A nurse in Germany has been arrested on suspicion of poisoning five newborn babies with morphine, officials said on Thursday , adding that the infants had survived.
"Only because of immediate action taken by the staff could the five lives be saved," he told a news conference.The nurse taken into custody has yet to be formally charged but faces five counts of attempted manslaughter and grievous bodily harm, Ulm prosecutor Christof Lehr told reporters.'INCONSISTENCIES' Ulm University Hospital initially suspected the infants had caught an infection.
Morphine is administered to treat severe pain. In infants, it is also often used to treat withdrawal symptoms in babies born to drug-addicted mothers.The hospital notified the police the following day, on Jan 17. Prosecutors believe the nurse who was arrested acted with premeditation and"accepted that the babies could die" as a result of her actions, Lehr said.
The institute's medical director, doctor Udo Kaisers, offered the hospital's"sincere apologies" for the incident and vowed to"work hard" to restore the public's trust."Our employees too are shaken."
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