German midwife jailed for giving patients blood thinner
BERLIN - A German court has convicted a midwife on seven counts of attempted murder and sentenced her to 15 years in prison for secretly administering blood thinners to women shortly before they were to give birth by cesarean section.
The Munich state court banned the 35-year-old defendant, identified only as Regina K. in line with German privacy rules, from the medical profession for life on Friday. She also was convicted of grievous bodily harm, news agency dpa reported.
The woman denied the charges but presiding judge Michael Hoehne said she was the only person who had access to all the patients. The victims required emergency operations.
Hoehne said the defendant was frustrated by a perceived lack of recognition and "wanted to work off her anger by creating crisis situations."
