The nurse was trying to kill 5 babies, adding in the milk morphine

A nurse from Germany is accused of the attempted murder of five babies: woman poisoned their breast milk with the addition of morphine.

A young nurse was arrested Wednesday after in her locker, University hospital of Ulm, found a syringe with breast milk and traces of morphine. Newborns are ill at the same time — 20th Dec and had trouble breathing.

«Early in the morning, five infants aged from one day to one month, almost simultaneously, began to suffer shortness of breath.» said the police chief Bernhard Weber. «Only thanks to the immediate action of staff five lives were saved.»

Initially, doctors assumed that infants suffer from infection, but the urine analysis revealed each of them traces of morphine, despite the fact that the two kids medication has not been appointed.

Investigators believe that since the onset of symptoms, children were poisoned in the night. Later, they found a syringe with baby milk with traces of morphine in the locker of one of the nurses, the night shift coincides with the appearance of symptoms in babies. The nurse, known only that she was young, was arrested after they found a syringe, but she denies any wrongdoing.

At the moment, charges the girl has not yet been put forward, however, according to the Prosecutor of Christophe Lera, she faced charges in five attempts premeditated murder. The Prosecutor believes that she acted with caution and understand that children may die as a result of her actions.

«Shortly before Christmas, five premature infants at monitoring stations suffered from impaired breathing. Three of them had to ventilate the respiratory tract.» — Wrote in their statement, the representatives of the University hospital. «Thanks to the immediate medical intervention of further deterioration of the newborn can be prevented. The hospital administration immediately took action.»

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