Três funcionários de hospital psiquiátrico são acusados pela morte de paciente em Washington

Três funcionários do Psychiatric Institute of Washington, em Washington, D.C., enfrentam acusações de negligência criminal pela morte de um paciente de 58 anos em 2020. A procuradora dos EUA, Jeanine Pirro, afirmou que imagens de vídeo mostraram a equipe cumprimentando-se com os punhos e conversando por vários minutos enquanto o homem lutava para respirar em um colchão. Os trabalhadores foram indiciados esta semana e liberados para aguardar o julgamento.

Nelson Kuma, de 37 anos, Richard Hounnou, de 45 anos, e a enfermeira registrada Norma Munoz-Bent, de 68 anos, trabalhavam no Psychiatric Institute of Washington em 24 de abril de 2020, quando o paciente G.W. sofreu uma emergência e precisou de reanimação. Sob cuidados individuais com verificações de saúde a cada 15 minutos, G.W. apresentou respiração difícil dois dias depois, às 12h38, enquanto estava deitado sem roupas em um colchão no chão, de acordo com evidências em vídeo citadas por Pirro durante uma coletiva de imprensa transmitida pela WUSA.

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