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Drug-Addicted Nurse Swapped Fentanyl With Saline, Caused Patients To Endure Horrific Pain
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A former nurse in Connecticut stole fentanyl from Yale Fertility Center patients vials and replaced it with salt water
The nurse tampered with vials for over four months last year, causing dozens of women to endure excruciating pain
She was sentenced Tuesday to four weekends behind bars and three months home confinement
A drug-addicted former nurse in Connecticut has been sentenced to jail time after admitting to swapping out patients anesthesia drugs for saline solution.
Donna Monticone, 49, tampered with the drugs that were supposed to be given to patients at the Yale Fertility Center in New Haven over a period of four months last year, causing them to endure horrific pain. She was sentenced Tuesday to eight days behind bars and three months home confinement after pleading guilty in March, WCBS-TV reported.
Former Yale nurse sentenced for tampering with fentanyl vials at fertility clinic
One of the victims, who spoke at sentencing, is an Emergency Room doctor, trying to conceive. She told Monticone, You kicked us while we were down. Author: Tony Terzi Updated: 5:40 PM EDT May 25, 2021
NEW HAVEN, Conn. A former Yale nurse, who faced more than five years in prison, for stealing perhaps hundreds of vials of pain medication from a Yale fertility clinic she worked in, received a far shorter sentence on Tuesday.
Donna Monticone, 49, who pleaded guilty in March to stealing fentanyl intended for fertility patients, was ordered to serve three years of supervised release, four weekends of incarceration, and three months of home confinement.
NEW HAVEN, Conn. (AP) A former Connecticut nurse who stole fentanyl from patients undergoing surgeries and substituted it with saline has been sentenced to four weekends in prison. U.S. District Court Judge Janet C. Hall also sentenced Donna Monticone, 49, to three months of home confinement and three years of supervised release on Tuesday. […]
Fertility clinic nurse, 49, is sentenced to just EIGHT DAYS in jail for stealing fentanyl and replacing it with saline to feed her own drug addiction which left one woman screaming during surgery
Donna Monticone, 49, was sentenced to just four weekends in jail after tampering with or stealing nearly 200 vials of fentanyl while at work
The single mom was originally facing up to five years in prison for the crime
Her cooperation with authorities and remorse for her actions weighed heavily on her sentencing, according to prosecutors