Oregon Hospital Hit With Over $300 Million Lawsuit After Nurse Allegedly Replaces Fentanyl With Tap Water
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MEDFORD, Ore. (AP) — A hospital in Oregon is facing a new lawsuit after a nurse was accused of replacing patients’ prescribed fentanyl with nonsterile tap water in intravenous drips.
Attorneys representing nine living patients and the estates of nine patients who died filed a wrongful death and medical malpractice complaint on Tuesday.
They accused Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center in Medford of negligence and are seeking over $300 million in damages.
The former nurse was arrested in June and charged with 44 counts of second-degree assault.
She has pleaded not guilty.
The hospital declined to comment on the suit.