Five Nurses Struck Off by High Court

Five nurses struck off by High Court

Filed under: drug addiction news 2010

The High Court has struck off five registered nurses over offences that included assault of a patient, theft and drug abuse. The court confirmed … This followed an assault on a patient in the hospital where he was employed as a nurse in March 2010 …
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State Lawmakers Targeting Prescription Drug Abuse

Filed under: drug addiction news 2010

So far this month, two Indiana doctors have had their licenses suspended for allegedly overprescribing addictive pain medicine. Indiana health officials say 654 Hoosiers died from drug overdoses in 2010 and they expect that figure to possibly rise in 2011.
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