Nurse from Wrocław hospital arrested for attempted suffocation of patient
Piotr P., a nurse at the T. Marciniak Hospital in Wrocław, has been charged with attempted murder. He was caught in the act while smothering a patient with a pillow.
Nurse arrested after attempted suffocation of patient on neurology ward
According to Interia, the incident occurred on 18 August on the neurology ward with a stroke sub-unit at the T. Marciniak Provincial Specialist Hospital in Wrocław. Nurse Piotr P. was said to have been suffocating one of the patients with a pillow.
Other staff members at the facility caught the man in the act and handed him over to police called to the scene. The hospital management immediately notified the prosecutor's office of the crime and dismissed Piotr P. from his employment.
The press office of the Regional Court in Wrocław confirmed that at the prosecutor's request the court issued a temporary arrest order for the man on Thursday for three months. The charge concerns attempted murder under Article 13 § 1 of the Penal Code in connection with Article 148 § 1 of the Penal Code. For this crime the Penal Code prescribes a sentence of at least 10 years' imprisonment.
The gazetawroclawska.pl portal was the first to report on the case. Journalists established unofficially that the recently hired nurse was said to have acted with the intention of "punishing" the patient. Investigators have not yet disclosed details of the ongoing proceedings.
Source: Interia