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A doctor found innocent after murder trial permanently loses their license
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A doctor found innocent of murder charges in multiple patient deaths has surrendered his medical license after determining that practicing medicine again in Ohio would be… Read More

Pharmacists’ Hearings Set Over Drugs for Patients who Died
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Administrative hearings are planned for an Ohio hospital system and three pharmacists facing possible discipline over excessive painkillers ordered by a doctor now charged with murder… Read More

Nurses’ Hearings Set Over Drug Doses for Patients Who Died
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Administrative hearings have been set for the 25 Ohio nurses accused of giving excessive painkillers to patients who died and not questioning the medication ordered by… Read More

Doctor in Murder Case Gets 2 New Lawyers, June Trial Date
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – The Ohio doctor charged with 25 counts of murder is now scheduled for trial next June and has two new lawyers, including one known for successfully… Read More

Doc Charged With Murder Gets Lawyer From High-Profile Cases
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – The Ohio doctor charged with 25 counts of murder has a new lawyer known for successfully defending high-profile clients such as Casey Anthony and Aaron Hernandez…. Read More

Ohio Hospital System Gets New Leader After Drug-Dose Deaths
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — The Ohio hospital system where excessive painkiller doses were given to dozens of patients who died has named an interim replacement for the CEO resigning after… Read More

Health System: Delay Patient Deaths’ Lawsuits During Probe
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – An Ohio health system wants to put on hold civil lawsuits over allegations that a doctor ordered excessive painkiller doses for dozens of patients who died…. Read More

Cleveland Clinic Says Accused Doc’s Prescribing There Was OK
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CLEVELAND (AP) – The Cleveland Clinic says its internal review found no concerns with the prescribing practices of a former doctor there who is now accused of ordering potentially fatal… Read More

Board Cites 25 Nurses Over High Doses for Patients Who Died
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Ohio officials are pursuing potential disciplinary action against 25 nurses accused of failing to question an intensive-care doctor’s orders for excessive doses of painkillers given to… Read More

Doc Denies Ordering Outsize Painkiller to End Patient’s Life
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – A critical-care doctor accused of ordering excessive painkiller doses for dozens of Ohio hospital patients who died is denying he negligently or intentionally prescribed drugs to… Read More

Doc, Drug Dosages Draw Medicare Scrutiny at 2 Ohio Hospitals
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Officials will scrutinize whether two Ohio hospitals meet all conditions for participating in Medicare following findings that a now-fired doctor ordered possibly fatal doses of powerful painkillers for… Read More

Doc Investigated Over Drug Overdoses Seeks Board Hearing
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – An intensive-care doctor accused of ordering painkiller overdoses for dozens of Ohio hospital patients has asked the state’s medical board for a hearing before it decides… Read More

Pharmacy Officer Leaves as Hospital Reviews Excessive Dosing
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – An Ohio hospital’s chief pharmacy officer has left the job amid allegations that employees there ordered, approved and administered possibly fatal doses of pain medication for… Read More

Accused Doc’s Wife Among Nurses Named in Wrongful-Death Suit
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A wrongful-death lawsuit against an Ohio doctor accused of ordering potentially fatal doses of pain medication for hospital patients alleges a nurse now married to him… Read More

Hospital, Doc Face 9th Suit Over Patient Deaths, Drug Doses
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – A new wrongful-death lawsuit alleges an Ohio hospital patient was given a lethal painkiller overdose weeks after concern was raised about the doctor who ordered the… Read More

Doc, Hospital Face 8 Wrongful Death Suits Over Drug Dosages
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – An Ohio woman’s family says she died at a hospital minutes after receiving two excessive doses of potentially lethal medication ordered by a doctor now being… Read More

Timeline Shows Investigation Of Alleged Pain Meds Overdosing
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Investigations are underway into allegations that a doctor working for an Ohio hospital system ordered inappropriately high doses of pain medication to dozens of patients, leading… Read More

2 More Lawsuits Say Doctor Ordered Lethal Meds For Patients
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – Two more lawsuits are alleging hospital patients were negligently or intentionally given lethal doses of pain medicine ordered by an Ohio doctor without the families’ knowledge…. Read More

Patient’s Widow: Hospital Safeguards ‘Failed Tremendously’
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COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) – A woman suing an Ohio hospital and doctor with claims that her husband received an outsized dose of a powerful painkiller before he died says it’s… Read More