Poisoning — Japan
A surfactant compound that police believe was used to kill 2 elderly male patients at a hospital in Yokohama may have been injected into intravenous drip bags through holes made in their rubber plugs, investigative sources said Tuesday [27 Sep 2016].
Police found small holes in seals on the rubber plugs of multiple unused drip bags stored at a nurses’ station at Oguchi Hospital in Yokohama’s Kanagawa Ward, the sources said.
The police suspect the latest finding could indicate serial
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