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As many as 10 patients dead from nurse injecting tap water instead of Fentanyl at Oregon hospital (kobi5.com)

submitted 9 months ago by BarterClub@sh.itjust.works to c/oregon@sh.itjust.works

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[–] sbv@sh.itjust.works 51 points 9 months ago (1 children)

“You don’t think of medical professionals doing this, but 10% of medical professionals divert drugs. 10%… That’s a lot.”

That's an unbelievably high percentage.

Googling around, I see

One in 10 healthcare workers misuse drugs (or alcohol) during their career, which is similar to the percentage seen in the general population; however, the diversion trend is slightly different in healthcare, as workers in this setting are more likely to misuse prescription drugs rather than illicit drugs.

Which is very different from the quote in the article.

[–] alienanimals@lemmy.world 17 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I thought she was injecting them with water because she didn't like them.

She was such an incompetent nurse that she switch the fentanyl for water because she wanted to steal the fentanyl? WTF. Literally anyone could go find that shit on the street in an hour if they wanted to. Hope this mass murderer gets the book thrown at them.

[–] 1847953620@lemmy.world 21 points 9 months ago

Our demand for nurses is high, and a key part to our current solution is to under-train them, and lower our standards for what it takes to be a nurse, to be about to pump out more at a fast rate.

Source: know a dozen nurses, some who have graduated as recently as this year. The questions in the exams they take are nothing short of ridiculous oftentimes, they're just checking for a pulse, two brain cells, and a very vague gist of medical concepts behind the minimum on what it takes to know to perform the manual tasks of their job

Why do you think there were so many anti-vax nurses? It's ignorance paired with the ego inflation they get from people assuming they are more knowledgeable than they are.

[–] FfaerieOxide@kbin.social 8 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Literally anyone could go find that shit on the street in an hour if they wanted to.

Presumably because of people like her.

[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Lol no. You aren't finding liquid medical grade fetanyl on the streets.

[–] FfaerieOxide@kbin.social 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

You aren’t finding liquid medical grade fetanyl on the streets.

Not if nurses keep getting themselves arrested.

[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

The vast majority of them have a personal problem. Ganked Fent liquid would be really hard to sell...

[–] FfaerieOxide@kbin.social 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

The vast majority of them have a personal problem.

I mean if I kept getting arrested, I'd consider it a problem, too.

[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 3 points 9 months ago

I guess, but you're just directing words. All I am saying is any nurse who is doing this is almost certainly using it themselves or supplying their significant other. It's just not even a practical way to use Fentanyl at home.

I don't actually think most people are injecting Fentanyl or Heroin these days, the bigger group snorts it and when worse comes to worse they inject to get the even quicker rush, and with a better bioadvalability.

[–] FauxPseudo@lemmy.world 42 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (3 children)

Water is more dangerous than fentanyl. Got it.

Edit: I meant this is a joke. Apparently this joke about water was a little too dry.

[–] wildginger@lemmy.myserv.one 19 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Water is more dangerous then fent, in your blood.

So when you cut yourself or scrape your knee, dont rinse with water! Rinse with fentanyl. Its safer.

[–] pozbo@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago (4 children)

Got a list or map of the fentanyl springs in my area?

[–] 1847953620@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago

it's the same map as the one with all the hot single moms in your area

[–] Scubus@sh.itjust.works 2 points 9 months ago

Just move to Chicago. They got rid of their acid rain, now it's just fentanyl rain

[–] 4am@lemm.ee 1 points 9 months ago

According to NextDoor, anywhere that has Halloween candy

[–] Walican132 1 points 9 months ago

Check your downtown neighborhood is my bet.

[–] zipzoopaboop@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago

People here don't have a sense of humour

[–] admiralteal@kbin.social 7 points 9 months ago

Non-sterile tap water being injected to people who are pretty much definitionally very sick.

If you did that to a regular, healthy adult? Likely no big deal, though I certainly wouldn't recommend it. But to someone, say, recovering from a major surgery who's in a lot of pain? Extremely bad plan.

[–] NightAuthor@lemmy.world 33 points 9 months ago (2 children)

So these 9 people could be alive if this nurse/fentanyl thief injected them with saline instead of tap water .

[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 16 points 9 months ago

The hospital probably tracks saline bags, but the nurse could have at least invested $1.50 on a bottle of distilled water.

[–] FfaerieOxide@kbin.social -3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

So these 9 people could be alive if this nurse/fentanyl thief injected them with saline instead of tap water .

We don't know that. The fact they died after the nurse pulled this fuckshit does not indicate they would not have died if she hadn't.

Probably would have went easier though.

[–] 4am@lemm.ee 4 points 9 months ago

“Your honor, murder can’t exist because we all die someday anyway”

[–] theodewere@kbin.social 28 points 9 months ago

she didn't just kill 10 people, she caused 10 people to die in agony

[–] peopleproblems@lemmy.world 15 points 9 months ago

I've heard about this happening several times over the years, and back in 2022 I had surgery where the fentanyl just didn't work afterword.

Now I'm wondering if there wasn't any fentanyl that I was dosed with at all. I'd guess regular saline. 10% of diversions is enormous.

[–] morphballganon@lemmy.world 12 points 9 months ago (3 children)

TAP water?

I don't even DRINK the tap water my city gives out, as I know it causes stomach aches. If a stomach struggles with something, the thought of putting it into someone's veins... yeesh.

[–] casual_turtle_stew_enjoyer@sh.itjust.works 7 points 9 months ago (1 children)

idk why you are getting downvoted. Tap water in a lot of parts of America is polluted from old plumbing, this is established fact. That's why most people have filters.

[–] cogman@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

Depends on where you are at, but the bigger issue isn't minerals or even lead. It's the microbiology both in the water and general environment.

[–] 4am@lemm.ee 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Don’t know why you got downvoted, the article literally states tap water isn’t sterile and will cause major problems.

[–] morphballganon@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

I suspect it's people in areas with decent tap water using their personal anecdotes as evidence that tap water doesn't give stomach aches.

[–] gosling@lemmy.world 3 points 9 months ago

I thought I was reading The Onion at first