Italian nurse Daniela Poggiali,from the town of Lugo, in the Emilia-Romagna Region of central Italy, was arrested last month in connection with 38 deaths on her watch, some of which were described by prosecutors as ‘very suspicious. ‘ An autopsy on a 78-year-old woman treated at the hospital near Ravenna in north-east Italy, revealed dangerous and abnormal levels of potassium chloride in her system. Prosecutors allege Miss Poggiali murdered for pleasure, dosing ‘annoying’ patients or those with pushy family members with lethal amounts of potassium – which vanishes after 48 hours, making it an effective poison that is hard to detect.
What a shame!