William S. Husel: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know

In what can only be described as an admission, Mount Carmel West Hospital in Ohio told the estate of a patient who died in their care that she was purposely given a fatal dose of fentanyl in 2017 and died moments after it was administered.

Hospital officials added that the case was not isolated; some 26 other patients were similarly prescribed excessive or lethal doses of the powerful opioid, according to court documents.

Intensive care doctor William S. Husel, registered nurse Tyler Rudman and pharmacist Talon Schroyer are all named in a civil lawsuit filed against the hospital. But it turns out that around 20 hospital employees in total have either been fired or placed on leave as a result of the investigation, hospital officials confirm.

As of Wednesday morning, there are now two lawsuits filed against the hospital and Husel in connection with the deaths of patients given fatal fentanyl doses.

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