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German nurse who killed 85 patients gets life in prison

 

Niels Hoegel, accused of murdering 100 patients at the clinics in Delmenhorst and Oldenburg, attends his trial in Oldenburg, Germany June 6, 2019. REUTERS/Hauke-Christian Dittrich/POOL

 

BERLIN (Reuters) - A former nurse was jailed for life on Thursday for murdering 85 of his patients - the worst killing spree in Germany's post-war history.

 

Niels Hoegel injected people with lethal drugs and then played the hero by appearing to struggle to revive them, the district court in Oldenburg heard.

 

"Your crimes are impossible to grasp," judge Sebastian Buehrmann told him, according to Der Spiegel. "The human mind struggles to take in the sheer scale of these crimes."

 

Hoegel made a statement in court on Wednesday apologising to victims' relatives and asking for their forgiveness.

 

He had been charged with committing 100 murders between 2000 and 2005. He admitted 43 of them and denied the rest. He was acquitted of 15 of the charges, a court spokeswoman said.

 

Hoegel had already been convicted and sentenced for two murders in 2015.

 

The court banned him from practicing nursing for life. Under German law he could be released after 15 years, though in extreme cases, a life sentence is often enforced in full.

 

(Reporting by Thomas Escritt; Editing by Paul Carrel and Andrew Heavens)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2019-06-07

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[arithai12]

The number of heart attacks among patients in those two hospitals where he worked during a mere six years must have been way above the norm, but no one raised an eyebrow. This could not have happened without malfeasance by his colleagues and superiors.

[sawadee1947]

A very late euthanasia case 

[atyclb]

4 hours ago, arithai12 said:

The number of heart attacks among patients in those two hospitals where he worked during a mere six years must have been way above the norm, but no one raised an eyebrow. This could not have happened without malfeasance by his colleagues and superiors.

 

not really. relative to the number of beds and how sick they are, also age and other medical problems. do you know the patient demographic?

[pacovl46]

4 hours ago, arithai12 said:

The number of heart attacks among patients in those two hospitals where he worked during a mere six years must have been way above the norm, but no one raised an eyebrow. This could not have happened without malfeasance by his colleagues and superiors.

It did raise an eyebrow, that’s how they eventually caught onto him.

[from the home of CC]

we've had the same act in Canada, these psychos start believing that they're gods and they're morally right...

[arithai12]

3 hours ago, atyclb said:

 

not really. relative to the number of beds and how sick they are, also age and other medical problems. do you know the patient demographic?

No I don't ... do you? Even if we did know, we don't know how many attempts he made that resulted in lifesaving (the total being definitely more than the about 100 deaths he is accused of, or he wouldn't be called Resuscitation Rambo). But he was working in facilities in two rather small cities, so I dare say that the number must have been suspicious.

Indeed, the full article I read on dw.com states

"Högel's murder spree means that other hospital workers will also have to go to court. Investigators will need to determine how it was possible that Högel could kill so many patients and why there were no security measures in place to prevent this from happening. "

 

2 hours ago, pacovl46 said:

It did raise an eyebrow, that’s how they eventually caught onto him.

Not really, he was caught in the act after 6 years, quote:

"when fellow nurses at the Delmenhorst hospital caught him manipulating a patient's syringe driver."

 

Edited June 7, 2019 by arithai12

[atyclb]

3 hours ago, arithai12 said:

6 hours ago, atyclb said:

 

not really. relative to the number of beds and how sick they are, also age and other medical problems. do you know the patient demographic?

No I don't ... do you? Even if we did know, we don't know how many attempts he made that resulted in lifesaving (the total being definitely more than the about 100 deaths he is accused of, or he wouldn't be called Resuscitation Rambo). But he was working in facilities in two rather small cities, so I dare say that the number must have been suspicious.

Indeed, the full article I read on dw.com states

"Högel's murder spree means that other hospital workers will also have to go to court. Investigators will need to determine how it was possible that Högel could kill so many patients and why there were no security measures in place to prevent this from happening. "

 

290 beds and many services including spinal and neurosurgery.   not a small place . https://www.jh-del.de/

 

germany has an aging population so could have inpatient population with lots of comorbidity. maybe??  normal for patients to code and not uncommon in the aforementioned demographic if that is the case.

 

normally hospitals are not setup to catch murderers on staff.  who knows?

[KhunBENQ]

11 hours ago, arithai12 said:

The number of heart attacks among patients in those two hospitals where he worked during a mere six years must have been way above the norm, but no one raised an eyebrow. This could not have happened without malfeasance by his colleagues and superiors.

Abnormalities HAVE BEEN noticed at his previous job at the hospital in "Oldenburg" (they maintained a list).

But they did not have the courage to further investigate.

Instead they gave him a good testimonial to get rid of him to the next employer (in "Delmenhorst") where he continued his crimes.

 

After this sentence will have become legally binding, responsible persons will be taken to court. Multiple trials in preparation.

Edited June 7, 2019 by KhunBENQ
mixed up employers, corrected

[KhunBENQ]

16 hours ago, webfact said:

though in extreme cases, a life sentence is often enforced in full. 

That's what is stated in the sentence as "extrem guilt" and should prevent him to be released.

Another possibility would have been "preventive custody" (locking up after 15 years in special facilities). But the judge decided against as this might have been an easy reasoning for appeal.