https://feeds.thelocal.com/ Read the latest news and views from Germany in English en-us news@thelocal.com (TheLocal) webmaster@thelocal.com (TheLocal) TheLocal RSS Feed Fresh questions emerged Tuesday in the mysterious case of five newborn babies who were drugged with morphine at a German hospital, after police said they made "a mistake" when they arrested a nurse on suspicion of attempted manslaughter. https://www.thelocal.de/20200204/mystery-of-poisoned-babies-at-german-hospital-deepens-after-probe-blunder Tue, 04 Feb 2020 17:30:06 +0100 mystery-of-poisoned-babies-at-german-hospital-deepens-after-probe-blunder German prosecutors are investigating a male nurse suspected of murdering numerous patients in a case reminiscent of one of the country's worst serial killers, it emerged Friday. https://www.thelocal.de/20190830/german-nurse-under-investigation-for-murdering-patients Fri, 30 Aug 2019 20:01:12 +0200 german-nurse-under-investigation-for-murdering-patients German prosecutors on Thursday demanded life in jail for a male nurse considered the country's worst peacetime serial killer for murdering around 100 hospital patients. https://www.thelocal.de/20190516/prosecutors-demand-life-in-jail-for-german-serial-killer-nurse Thu, 16 May 2019 17:17:14 +0200 prosecutors-demand-life-in-jail-for-german-serial-killer-nurse A German former hospital nurse who has admitted to killing more than 100 patients in his care apologised Thursday to victims' grieving relatives. https://www.thelocal.de/20181122/germanys-killer-nurse-tells-families-of-over-100-victims-sorry Thu, 22 Nov 2018 14:33:58 +0100 germanys-killer-nurse-tells-families-of-over-100-victims-sorry A German former nurse accused of killing 100 patients in his care admitted Tuesday to the murders on the opening day of his trial. https://www.thelocal.de/20181030/german-ex-nurse-admits-at-trial-to-killing-100-patients Tue, 30 Oct 2018 13:13:57 +0100 german-ex-nurse-admits-at-trial-to-killing-100-patients A German nurse who used lethal drugs on patients out of "boredom" is responsible for the deaths of 106 people, investigators said on Thursday, noting the toll could rise further as more bodies are studied. https://www.thelocal.de/20171109/killer-nurse-responsible-for-over-100-patient-deaths-police Thu, 09 Nov 2017 15:23:27 +0100 killer-nurse-responsible-for-over-100-patient-deaths-police A German male nurse jailed for life two years ago for killing two patients with lethal drug overdoses murdered at least 90 patients in total, police said on Monday, calling it post-war Germany's worst killing spree. https://www.thelocal.de/20170828/killer-nurse-suspected-of-84-additional-murders Mon, 28 Aug 2017 12:51:57 +0200 killer-nurse-suspected-of-84-additional-murders A German male nurse jailed for life last year for murdering two patients with a potent heart drug is a suspect in at least 24 more deaths, police said Wednesday. https://www.thelocal.de/20160414/killer-nurse-suspected-in-24-more-patient-deaths Thu, 14 Apr 2016 12:55:38 +0200 killer-nurse-suspected-in-24-more-patient-deaths A doctor from North Rhine-Westphalia will face charges for negligence and bodily harm, authorities said on Tuesday – after accidentally sending a living woman to the morgue. https://www.thelocal.de/20150728/doctor-on-trial-after-woman-wakes-up-in-morgue Tue, 28 Jul 2015 15:36:09 +0200 doctor-on-trial-after-woman-wakes-up-in-morgue A midwife in Munich has been charged with attempting to murder four women in the delivery room as they were about to give birth. https://www.thelocal.de/20150722/midwife-accused-of-attempted-murder-before-birth Wed, 22 Jul 2015 12:21:13 +0200 midwife-accused-of-attempted-murder-before-birth A male nurse who injected patients with overdoses of heart medication for the thrill of resuscitating them was on Thursday sentenced to life imprisonment on five counts of murder. https://www.thelocal.de/20150226/nurse-jailed-for-life-for-serial-patient-murders Thu, 26 Feb 2015 16:23:48 +0100 nurse-jailed-for-life-for-serial-patient-murders A nurse who admitted to injecting patients with overdoses of heart medication to force resuscitation procedures has expressed his remorse over the deaths and harm to people in his care. https://www.thelocal.de/20150219/killer-nurse-tells-court-hes-sorry Thu, 19 Feb 2015 16:37:46 +0100 killer-nurse-tells-court-hes-sorry A court-appointed expert said Thursday that a German former nurse admitted killing up to 30 patients at a hospital where he worked. https://www.thelocal.de/20150108/nurse-killed-up-to-30-patients-court-hears Thu, 08 Jan 2015 17:46:00 +0100 nurse-killed-up-to-30-patients-court-hears Investigators said on Tuesday there are 12 additional cases where patients died in suspicious circumstances at a hospital where a nurse jailed in 2008 over patient deaths had worked. https://www.thelocal.de/20141125/12-more-deaths-probed-in-bored-nurse-trial Tue, 25 Nov 2014 17:22:00 +0100 12-more-deaths-probed-in-bored-nurse-trial