Inside sources within Asante have since disclosed details surrounding the reported deaths, per NBC5 News. It is alleged that up to 10 patients died of infections contracted at the hospital.
The sources claim the infections were caused by a nurse who purportedly substituted medication with tap water.
It is alleged that the nurse was attempting to conceal the misuse of the hospital’s pain medication supply — specifically fentanyl — and intensive care unit patients were injected with tap water, causing infections that resulted in fatalities.
Medford police have confirmed their active investigation into the situation at the hospital but have refrained from providing specific details.
The sources indicate that the unsterile tap water led to pseudomonas, a dangerous infection, especially for individuals in poor health, commonly found in a hospital’s ICU.
I have had nurses tell me shit that demonstrates a massive ignorance of what I would assume would be basic knowledge for a nurse in my life. I would not doubt that there are tons of nurses out there that think tap water, while not as stringently regulated as IV prepped fluids, would be fine. I have seen many people use for decades and none of them had this happen. All of those people primarily used tap water. Every time someone had an infection, or other disease, it was from re-used needles that weren’t sanitized.