“I sedated one of them so strongly that she was a hair’s breadth from death, lol (Can be translated to “laugh out loud”, journ.anm.). I reckon she’s completely knocked out for a week.”
This is just one of the many hair-raising messages nurse Catherine Hudson (54) sent to work colleagues via the messaging service WhatsApp in 2017 and 2018.
Now the 54-year-old has been sentenced to seven years and two months in prison, after a nursing student on deployment alerted the police about what was happening at Blackpool Victoria Hospital in Lancashire.
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The local police write that in a press release.
The case is discussed in several international media, including BBC.
Drugged patients
Hudson was convicted of giving sedatives to two patients in the stroke ward without a doctor’s approval.
The purpose must have been to drug the patients so that the staff would have an easier shift.
She was also convicted of conspiring with colleague Charlotte Wilmot (48) to sedate a third patient.
Wilmot was sentenced to three years in prison. In addition to conspiracy, she was convicted of encouraging Hudson to mistreat patients.
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Both claimed their innocence, and explained that the messages they had sent each other were gallows humor, and should not be taken literally.
According to the BBC, the evidence in the case pointed to a dysfunctional medication regime with free access to prescription drugs in the ward.
Can be fatal
The drug used to anesthetize the stroke patients was Zopiclone, a prescription anesthetic drug that is used as a sleeping pill. The BBC writes that it can be fatal if given incorrectly.
Judged according to this: – Completely morbid
Hudson is said to have told the whistleblower that the patient in question who was to receive Zopiclone had a “Do Not Resuscitate Order” (DNR), an instruction that states that the patient should not be resuscitated, and thus would not be autopsied in the event of death.
– The defendants exploited the patients to get a quieter guard, for the sake of entertainment and to exercise power in a reprehensible way, said judge Robert Aktham in court.
Hudson’s boyfriend, Marek Grabianowski (46), who at the time was a nurse in another department, was also sentenced – to prison for 14 months.
– Pure evil
Grabianowski pleaded guilty earlier this year to conspiring with Hudson, as well as attempting to obstruct the investigation by concealing evidence.
During the sentencing on Wednesday, Brian Scott took the floor to pay tribute to the whistleblower for showing great courage, and most likely saving the life of his mother, Aileen Scott (76).
PATIENT: Aileen Scott was one of Hudson’s patients. Photo: Police Show more
The 76-year-old was one of the patients Hudson was convicted of having mistreated. She was too ill to appear in court herself, but according to her son, she is still afraid to go to hospital after what happened.
“The way you talked about them is beyond belief and nothing short of pure evil,” Scott told Hudson during the sentencing, according to The Guardian.
– This will haunt us for the rest of our lives, he added.
Lancashire Police also condemn their actions.
– That the emotionless actions entailed great risk was obvious: Inappropriate sedation of elderly stroke patients can lead to further complications and even death. They were both fully aware of the risk, which makes their behavior even more difficult to understand, said Police Chief Jill Johnston, writes The Independent.
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2023-12-19 11:38:14
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