A most surreal story. In the United States, a nurse amputated the foot of a patient without medical order for the most unthinkable reason.
It is in the United States that the facts occurred, just like those of this woman who killed her mother before stealing her fetus, those of this teenager with Down syndrome found dead or those of this woman raped in a train in front of other passengers. This time, a nurse from western Wisconsin was accused of amputating the foot of one of her patients hospitalized, without any medical order, as reported CBS News.
The patient, a 62-year-old man, had fallen at home in March 2022 and had suffered from frostbite on his feet then necrosis because the heating in his home was not on. Several weeks later, in the hospital, his right foot is attached to his leg only by a tendon and a few centimeters of skin according to the American media. It was then that, on May 27, the nurse amputated his foot. The 62-year-old patient died a week after.
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The nurse wanted to show the patient’s foot
This nurse is thus accused of mutilation, physical violence on an elderly person but also of intentional mistreatment of a patient, causing serious bodily harm. Following these most well-founded accusations, she decided to plead not guilty.
Faced with the facts that overwhelm her, the nurse has nevertheless developed a defense plan. However, the complaint indicates thatShe “did not have a medical order to carry out an amputation”. The nurse then explained that she had wanted to relieve the patient’s suffering and give him some “dignity”. But besides that, she would have told her colleagues of the hospitable person thatshe actually wanted to display the deceased patient’s foot inside the taxidermy shop which belongs to his family. She also wanted to include a sign who would have indicated “Wear Your Boots, Kids”. Most surreal revelations. Following these, and the act suffered by the nurse, she was obviously removed from office and no longer has the right to practice.