The parents of a 2-year-old who died after ingesting a fentanyl patch are suing a nursing home, claiming he picked the painkiller up there.
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Nurse accused of stealing narcotic from hospital
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Wisconsin woman is accused of stealing a narcotic from the Twin Cities hospital where she worked as a nurse. Forty-five-year-old Della Rae Thalin of New Richmond, Wis., was charged Monday in federal court. Thalin is charged with one count of obtaining a controlled substance by fraud. Prosecutors allege that between Feb. 25 and March 19 of ...
Read More »Wis. nurse pleads guilty to stealing painkiller
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A registered nurse has pleaded guilty to stealing painkillers meant for patients at a Twin Cities hospital. According to the U.S. Attorney’s office, 31-year-old Maria Anne Mihalik of Superior pleaded guilty Wednesday to one count of obtaining a controlled substance by fraud. Prosecutors accused Mihalik of entering patients’ rooms at Mercy Hospital in Coon Rapids last May ...
Read More »Wis. nurse accused of stealing drugs in Minnesota
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — A Wisconsin nurse is accused of stealing painkillers meant for patients at a Twin Cities hospital. Twenty-seven-year-old Maria Anne Mihalik of Superior is accused of entering patients’ rooms at Mercy Hospital in Coon Rapids last May and taking the painkiller Dilaudid. She was named in a federal charge Friday. The St. Paul Pioneer Press reports Mihalik didn’t ...
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