Tre anställda inom psykvården åtalade för patients dödsfall i Washington

Tre anställda vid Psychiatric Institute of Washington i Washington D.C. står inför åtal för vållande till annans död efter ett 58-årigt dödsfall 2020. Den amerikanska åklagaren Jeanine Pirro uppgav att videomaterial visar hur personalen ger varandra high-fives och småpratar i flera minuter medan mannen kämpade för att andas på en madrass. De anställda ställdes inför rätta denna vecka och har släppts i väntan på rättegång.

Nelson Kuma, 37, Richard Hounnou, 45, och sjuksköterskan Norma Munoz-Bent, 68, arbetade på Psychiatric Institute of Washington den 24 april 2020, när patienten G.W. drabbades av ett akut tillstånd och behövde återupplivning. G.W., som stod under bevakning med hälsokontroller var 15:e minut, uppvisade ansträngd andning två dagar senare klockan 12:38 medan han låg avklädd på en madrass på golvet, enligt videomaterial som Pirro hänvisade till under en presskonferens som sändes av WUSA.

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