A former nurse at a southern Oregon hospital is facing criminal charges for harming nearly four dozen patients by stealing fentanyl and replacing it with non-sterile tap water in intravenous drips. This alarming incident led to serious infections in many patients, with 16 of them tragically losing their lives.
The nurse, Dani Marie Schofield, 36, who worked at Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center in Medford, was arrested and charged with 44 counts of second-degree assault. Despite the severity of the situation, authorities did not pursue murder or manslaughter charges due to challenges in establishing a direct link between the infections and the patients' deaths.
