Black Angel of Pécs: Nurse sentenced to 12.5 years for fatal injection of coronavirus patient
The “Black Angel of Pécs,” a clinical nurse, has been sentenced to 12.5 years in prison without the possibility of parole for causing the death of an 82-year-old coronavirus patient in December 2022, the Pécs Regional Court of Appeal ruled.
The court reduced the original 14-year sentence handed down by the Pécs District Court but confirmed the decision to permanently ban the convict from working in healthcare. The nurse, who had been employed at the Internal Medicine Clinic in Pécs since November 2022, administered a lethal dose of potassium to the elderly patient, leading to his death from heart failure just hours later. The nurse took advantage of an unmonitored moment to inject the patient with the potassium, which had been prepared by the shift leader for a different procedure.
The court’s decision also took into account both aggravating and mitigating circumstances, with the convict’s permanent disqualification from healthcare work seen as a safeguard to prevent further crimes of a similar nature.
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