Nurse kills dialysis patients with injections of bleach

[YeuEmMaiMai]

Texas Nurse Faces Death Penalty For Patient Deaths « CBS Dallas / Fort Worth

LUFKIN (AP) - Paramedics were making so many trips to a dialysis clinic in the East Texas city of Lufkin, a top fire department official wrote an anonymous letter to state health department inspectors pleading for somebody to take a look at the place.

“In the last two weeks, we have transported 16 patients,” the mid-April 2008 note said. “This seems a little abnormal and disturbing to my med crews. Could these calls be investigated by you?”

State medical surveyors within days showed up at the DaVita Dialysis clinic in the Texas Piney Woods community about 125 miles northeast of Houston. By then, EMS had been called as many as 30 times that month, including seven for cardiac problems, and made at least 19 runs. Four people had died. Over the previous 15 months, there had been two calls, according to the Texas Department of Health Services.

On Monday, Kimberly Saenz, a 38-year-old nurse who worked at the clinic, was set to face trial for one count of capital murder that accuses her of killing as many as five patients and five counts of aggravated assault for injuring five others.


and this woman has TWO kids

[readytogo]

I hope that she never gets out!!

[Suzanne]

I hope that she never gets out!!

I don't know how anyone even reaches the point of being that evil. Come quickly, Lord Jesus.

[Robert]

Texas Nurse Faces Death Penalty For Patient Deaths « CBS Dallas / Fort Worth

LUFKIN (AP) - Paramedics were making so many trips to a dialysis clinic in the East Texas city of Lufkin, a top fire department official wrote an anonymous letter to state health department inspectors pleading for somebody to take a look at the place.

“In the last two weeks, we have transported 16 patients,” the mid-April 2008 note said. “This seems a little abnormal and disturbing to my med crews. Could these calls be investigated by you?”

State medical surveyors within days showed up at the DaVita Dialysis clinic in the Texas Piney Woods community about 125 miles northeast of Houston. By then, EMS had been called as many as 30 times that month, including seven for cardiac problems, and made at least 19 runs. Four people had died. Over the previous 15 months, there had been two calls, according to the Texas Department of Health Services.

On Monday, Kimberly Saenz, a 38-year-old nurse who worked at the clinic, was set to face trial for one count of capital murder that accuses her of killing as many as five patients and five counts of aggravated assault for injuring five others.


and this woman has TWO kids

This hits WAY too close to home for me: both my grandmother and my mom were dialysis patients, and this is ghastly. And what was she doing even continuing to work in this field? No background check, no drug tests, was fired from previous positions in the healthcare field and she wasn't even supposed to be working as a condition of her bail?

from the article:

But Angelina County District Attorney Clyde Herrington, in pretrial court documents, listed about a dozen instances of wrongdoing he planned to present to jurors, including allegations Saenz overused prescription drugs, had substance abuse and drug addiction problems, was fired at least four times from health care jobs, put false information on an employment application and sought a health care job in violation of terms of her bail.

A simple background check would have revealed all this, but the dialysis clinic apparently felt it wasn't "necessary". To make matters worse still: it took an official with the FIRE DEPARTMENT sending an ANONYMOUS report for someone to intervene?


THIS IS JUST PLAIN SICKENING.


ing for the families of those who suffered and died in this nightmare.

[Suzanne]

Praying in agreement with you, brother.

[daygo]

We have one in the uk at the moment, still ongoing though, saline tampered with ( i think ) no more deaths at moment though.

[myinnuendo999]

There are some SICK folks out there. I know we are all murderers and Jesus died for us and we are no better. But this woman needs to be locked up. May God have mercy. These people really have no fear before their eyes and no idea what is coming to them if they don't repent!

[FaithInChrist]

I would avoid DaVita Dialysis clinics if I could, simply because hiring practices are usually set by upper management and could be practiced at all their clinics.

I pray for the families involved in this situation, and for a woman who is obviously in the grips of satan's will.

[Cricket55]

Just so totally sick and heartless.

[JC1949]

There are some SICK folks out there. I know we are all murderers and Jesus died for us and we are no better. But this woman needs to be locked up. May God have mercy. These people really have no fear before their eyes and no idea what is coming to them if they don't repent!

You said it right..WE are ALL MURDERERS ...............better "we were" if we are in Christ,we are a "new creation"....ok..we still sin....because we have a sin nature..but thanks be to The Lord we also are HIS adopted children in Jesus...and we can and must praise Him continually for having given HIS Precious Life and Blood for us...
But,out there,they,the unsaved,are in the sway of the evil one.....
it is ONLY because of HIS MERCY that this sick planet and its sick dwellers does not get wiped out on the spot.....
I am 63...and a believer,born again 40 years now, and I have seen so much sick sick stuff......this is sick stuff...in the world...and even in churches,and unless HIS GRACE I would be dead......cannot say more....lets pray that JESUS comes back soon because there is NO HOPE but in HIM.
Shalom

[Chaya]

Something like this happened at a nursing home here in CA a while back. I don't know what motivates people like this.

[Meg]

I think what motivated that woman was pride, being so sure she was somehow right in what she did. What I find very disturbing, was what Robert posted, the stunning lack of a background check on the part of her employers. Your average gas station in our area is more careful about who they hire and why than that dialysis clinic was, for that matter, so is your average janitorial service!!

[micah719]

And yet, if this woman did do all she is accused of, and ends up on death row, some bleeding heart will complain that captial punishment is cruel. There will be about 20 costly appeals, many years guarded and housed and fed at public cost, and twenty times as much lawlessness and contempt for justice spread by it all. Oh Lord, come back soon, we can't rule without You, we mess everything up and the worst of it is, it is called good. Oh Lord, Prince of Peace, Lord of Life and Glory, Righteous Judge, Gracious God, Sole Saviour, Omnipotent Omnipresent Creator, in Whom there is no darkness and no change, WE NEED YOU!

[anath]

Some say it's rare but I don't know... Health care providers and nurses who are usually female, have this insidious abusive behavior called Munchausen Syndrome by proxy. They deliberately cause great harm and/or kill their patients. They tend to gravitate toward very young children or the elderly(those who can not communicate) At this point in time their behavior should be easily identified and recognized. I don't know why they wouldn't stand out.... since years of study has provided clear cut characteristics these evil people have. Oh Lord, come quickly

[livin_in_the_Son]

Some say it's rare but I don't know... Health care providers and nurses who are usually female, have this insidious abusive behavior called Munchausen Syndrome by proxy. They deliberately cause great harm and/or kill their patients. They tend to gravitate toward very young children or the elderly(those who can not communicate) At this point in time their behavior should be easily identified and recognized. I don't know why they wouldn't stand out.... since years of study has provided clear cut characteristics these evil people have. Oh Lord, come quickly

I have read instances of this, some mental health people believe that the people with this condition do it for attention. They also change jobs, doctor-shop, and move quite frequently. Which is even more reason that background checks in the medical field should be extensive and mandatory. I had to have a background check run just to volunteer during crafts at my son's school...but people like this can administer potentially life-threatening interventions with nothing more than fake references? Yes, Lord come quickly!

[anath]

Yes indeed Livin. Also I forgot to mention that many mothers are engaged in poisoning(harming) their babies to get noticed by the health care professionals. It is purely an evil act to gratify some deficiancy they have emotionally and spiritually. Makes me sick to even think about this, so I'm done.