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Dallas-area hospice nurses told to overdose patients to speed death
[SeeBS] DALLAS-- The owner of a Dallas-area hospice ordered nurses to increase drug dosages for patients to speed their deaths and maximize profits, according to an FBI affidavit.A copy of the affidavit for a search warrant obtained by KXAS-TV in Dallas-Fort Worth alleges Brad Harris ordered higher dosages for at least four patients at Novus Health Services in Frisco. It's unclear whether any deaths resulted from overdoses of drugs like morphine. Harris has not been charged. The FBI on Wednesday declined to say whether an investigation is ongoing. The warrant refers to an FBI raid on the hospice in September. It alleges Harris sent text messages to workers such as, "You need to make this patient go bye-bye." On another occasion, Harris told administrators during a lunch meeting that he wanted to "find patients who would die within 24 hours." In at least one instance, an employee refused to follow orders to increase a dosage, the warrant said. The document explains that federal reimbursements can diminish the longer a patient receives care. A provider eventually can be forced to return federal payments. Posted by: Besoeker 2016-03-31 |
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