OH - Dr. William Husel accused of murdering 25 patients w/ Fentanyl Overdoses, Franklin Co, 2019 *not guilty*

[Bugurl747]

Also, a family member in the room is DEFINITELY going to notice if you pull out 20 vials and start to draw them up!

In my family we haven't had the option, we've had to remain in the hospital full time with our mother when she's there. It simply doesn't matter how many times it's noted in her chart, on the white board, even on an allergy tag around her wrist... someone ALWAYS tries to give her something she's allergic to.

So, one of us kids is there the entire time. This would never happen in that type of situation. It's quite sad that not everybody can do that.

If there was family at bedside, it is likely the nursing staff drew up the medication into one syringe in the med room and took one bottle in at bedside to scan before administering. There is never enough room for med admin in general, let alone numerous vials at the computer in a pt's room. That is just my opinion and speculation.

I think it is awesome that someone from your family is always able to be at bedside for your Mom. It makes a difference!

MOO

 

[Bugurl747]

SBM

I do know on our local news they interviewed a male nurse that worked with this Dr. He said that he had a way of manipulating other drs and nurses into thinking this was okay. He said he would sit down and go into these long monologues about how this was best for the patients etc

Do you have a link for that interview? I'd like to watch it. Thanks!

 

[YESorNO]

$4.5M in settlements over deaths tied to doc in murder case

June 19, 2019

"...Mount Carmel has reached settlements in seven cases to date, plus two that didn’t involve lawsuits.

“It is our hope that these settlements will bring some measure of closure and comfort to the families,” Mount Carmel said in a statement. The hospital system has also publicly apologized for the patient deaths.

The settlements range from $200,000 to $700,000. In most cases, patients’ families get two-thirds or less of the payouts from the hospital’s insurers. The rest goes to their attorneys....

https://www.washingtonpost.com/nati...8c291ab5c38_story.html?utm_term=.7d7559f29602

 

[Doghairrules]

If one person felt like they had a voice, spoke up, and refused to fulfill one of the physician's lethal orders, that patient would not have died under those circumstances.

A toxic work environment can prevent accountability and keep one from asking questions for fear of retaliation whether it be from their piers, physicians, or management. Being able to ask questions is vital to great patient care and saves lives.

It is clear there were some big issues hospital wide and a change in physical environment or the culture of a unit is a very basic but vital start. They will have to clean house, IMO, and start from the top down.

If you can google toxic healthcare workplace you can read more about what I am referring to.

MOO

That makes a lot of sense. Thanks.

 

[Bugurl747]

$4.5 million in settlements over deaths tied to Dr. Husel in murder case

Mount Carmel has reached settlements in seven cases to date, plus two that didn't involve lawsuits.

The settlements range from $200,000 to $700,000. In most cases, patients' families get two-thirds or less of the payouts from the hospital's insurers. The rest goes to their attorneys.

The families and the lawyers aren't commenting on the settlements, citing related confidentiality agreements.

"It is our hope that these settlements will bring some measure of closure and comfort to the families," Mount Carmel said in a statement

The hospital system has asked a court to pause proceedings in the other lawsuits while Husel's criminal case is pending. Mount Carmel said it is working with families' attorneys in the civil cases "to resolve these matters fairly" outside of court.
//cough cough bovine scatology

The hospital's ulterior motive is:

Mount Carmel might have an interest in settling cases before Husel's potential criminal trial to avoid the risk that information exposed during such a trial would point to more liability by the hospital system — a scenario that would "add zeroes to the settlement checks," said Michael Benza, a law professor at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland.

 

[kaykay543]

SBM

Do you have a link for that interview? I'd like to watch it. Thanks!

No but I haven't tried to find it. It was on our local news. Channel 10 I believe? They disguised the guys face. Let me see if I can find it on Google

Edited

I think I found it but this must be a shortened version of what was on TV. The TV episode went into much more about Dr Husel

"Absolute systemic failure": Employee addresses fentanyl deaths at Mount Carmel

 

[kaykay543]

$4.5 million in settlements over deaths tied to Dr. Husel in murder case

Mount Carmel has reached settlements in seven cases to date, plus two that didn't involve lawsuits.

The settlements range from $200,000 to $700,000. In most cases, patients' families get two-thirds or less of the payouts from the hospital's insurers. The rest goes to their attorneys.

The families and the lawyers aren't commenting on the settlements, citing related confidentiality agreements.

"It is our hope that these settlements will bring some measure of closure and comfort to the families," Mount Carmel said in a statement

The hospital system has asked a court to pause proceedings in the other lawsuits while Husel's criminal case is pending. Mount Carmel said it is working with families' attorneys in the civil cases "to resolve these matters fairly" outside of court.
//cough cough bovine scatology

The hospital's ulterior motive is:

Mount Carmel might have an interest in settling cases before Husel's potential criminal trial to avoid the risk that information exposed during such a trial would point to more liability by the hospital system — a scenario that would "add zeroes to the settlement checks," said Michael Benza, a law professor at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland.

I think many of these people are going to be really sorry they settled so quickly. I am surprised their attorneys advised them to settle

 

[YESorNO]

Details being worked out for Dr. Husel's murder trial, the largest ever in Franklin County

July 18th 2019

"COLUMBUS, Ohio — The beleaguered Mount Carmel Health system named an interim Chief Operating Officer on Thursday. Michael Englehart will officially start his job on July 25th. One of Englehart’s biggest challenges will be the Doctor William Husel investigation where 35 patients died in his care.

Husel appeared at a pre-trial hearing Thursday afternoon dressed in a charcoal gray pin-stripe suit and light blue shirt. Husel faces 25 murder counts. He pleaded not guilty during his arraignment last month and was released on a million dollars bond. Husel showed no emotion but seemed to be listening intently to the proceedings on Thursday....

Judge Michael Holbrook is working to organize the case logistics and set a schedule for the hearings and motions. The trial date has been set for April 27, 2020...."

Details being worked out for Dr. Husel's murder trial, the largest ever in Franklin County

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=462290374318364

 

[YESorNO]

Dr. Husel, Mount Carmel appeal judge’s denial of stay in wrongful death lawsuits (with clip)

07/31/19

"COLUMBUS (WBNS) – Mount Carmel Health Systems and Dr. William Husel are appealing a Franklin County judge’s ruling that denied a pause being placed on pending wrongful death lawsuits while Husel’s criminal trial is pending.

In their appeals filed Wednesday, attorneys for both Dr. Husel and Mount Carmel gave noticed that they were appealing Franklin County Common Pleas Judge Karen Phipps’ July ruling that denied a stay being issued in two of the wrongful death lawsuits.

Attorneys for Mount Carmel and Husel had argued in open court and in filings that a stay was necessary because allowing both the civil cases to continue while Husel’s criminal case is still pending could compromise Husel’s right to a fair trial and would force his defense attorneys to reveal possible defense strategies.

In Phipps’ ruling, she wrote that “the factor that weighs most strongly against a stay is that its length would be of such significant duration as to be unfairly prejudicial. Plaintiff has an interest in proceeding expeditiously while the criminal case could take years to resolve when factoring in the appellate process. Memories fade with the passage of time and missing witnesses becomes more of a possibility. A stay could place this civil proceeding in limbo for years, and there is no guarantee that, at some future time after resolution of the criminal matter, Dr. Husel will be willing to testify.”

Phipps also noted that “there has been no showing” that allowing the wrongful death lawsuits to continue would “hinder the state’s criminal prosecution.”..."

Dr. Husel, Mount Carmel appeal judge’s denial of stay in wrongful death lawsuits

 

[YESorNO]

Casey Anthony’s former attorney files motion to represent Dr. William Husel (with clip)

08/08/19

"COLUMBUS (WBNS) – Florida attorney Jose Baez, who previously represented Casey Anthony and NFL star Aaron Hernandez, has filed a motion in court to represent Dr. William Husel, a former Mount Carmel doctor charged with 25 counts of murder.

Husel is accused of providing too much fentanyl to near-death patients who were under his care. He was fired by Mount Carmel Health Systems in December after an internal investigation...."

Casey Anthony’s former attorney files motion to represent Dr. William Husel

 

[YESorNO]

(Nineteen of the patients allegedly killed by Dr William Husel by deliberately prescribing lethal doses of opioids: From top [L-R], Bonnie Austin, Jan Thomas, Janet Kavanaugh, Jim Allen, James Nickolas Timmons, Tim Fitzpatrick, Corrinia Blake, Rebecca Walls, Saunders Young Jr, Joanne Bellisari, Sue Hodge, Norma Welch, Thelma Kyer, Robert Lee, Donald McCluno, Beverlee Schirtzinger, Larry Brigner and Melissa Penix)
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[Ksprincess2]

Casey Anthony’s former attorney files motion to represent Dr. William Husel (with clip)

08/08/19

"COLUMBUS (WBNS) – Florida attorney Jose Baez, who previously represented Casey Anthony and NFL star Aaron Hernandez, has filed a motion in court to represent Dr. William Husel, a former Mount Carmel doctor charged with 25 counts of murder.

Husel is accused of providing too much fentanyl to near-death patients who were under his care. He was fired by Mount Carmel Health Systems in December after an internal investigation...."

Casey Anthony’s former attorney files motion to represent Dr. William Husel

Jose Baez?! Ridiculous

 

[beatrixpotter]

Casey Anthony’s former attorney files motion to represent Dr. William Husel (with clip)

08/08/19

"COLUMBUS (WBNS) – Florida attorney Jose Baez, who previously represented Casey Anthony and NFL star Aaron Hernandez, has filed a motion in court to represent Dr. William Husel, a former Mount Carmel doctor charged with 25 counts of murder.

Husel is accused of providing too much fentanyl to near-death patients who were under his care. He was fired by Mount Carmel Health Systems in December after an internal investigation...."

Casey Anthony’s former attorney files motion to represent Dr. William Husel

BBM That makes it sound like the worst he did was possibly accidentally kill people who were going to die anyway. :/

 

[YESorNO]

Doctor Accused of Killing Patients Seeks Insurance Coverage (1)

Aug. 23, 2019

"An Ohio physician accused of murdering several terminally ill patients sued his medical malpractice insurer in the Eastern District of Michigan for refusing to defend him in a criminal case.

William Husel was indicted on 25 counts of murder for allegedly ordering excessively high doses of fentanyl and other drugs for terminally ill patients at Mount Carmel Health System in Columbus, Ohio. Trinity Health Corp. and insurer Trinity Assurance Ltd. recently told Husel they won’t cover the costs of defending the criminal charges.

That’s a breach of four insurance policies Husel obtained through his employment agreement with Trinity, the physician..."

Doctor Accused of Killing Patients Seeks Insurance Coverage (1)

 

[beatrixpotter]

So as a doctor when you kill your patients (on purpose) that's just medical malpractice?

 

[Ksprincess2]

That's a horribly written article! Many of his patients who died were not terminally ill.

 

[Eloise]

That's a horribly written article! Many of his patients who died were not terminally ill.

I wonder if this is going to be his defense? They were terminally ill, he was being merciful, etc

 

[YESorNO]

Mount Carmel reaches $4.65 million settlement with former patient of Dr. Husel; largest known payout to date (with clip)

08/26/19

"COLUMBUS (WBNS) – The family of a former patient of Dr. William Husel has settled a wrongful death lawsuit with Mount Carmel Health System for $4.65 million – the largest single payout to date since the scandal at the hospital broke earlier this year – 10 Investigates has learned.

Records obtained by 10 Investigates show that the extended family members of patient Rebecca Walls will receive more $2.6 million as part of the settlement. Attorneys representing Walls’ estate will retain $1.74 million....

“Based on the representations from Dr. Husel regarding Rebecca’s medical condition, Janet Watkins made the decision to switch her from “full code” status to “do not resuscitate” code status in the early morning hours of November 19, 2018. Dr. Husel thereafter ordered a fatal dose of medication (1,000 mcg of Fentanyl and 10 mcg of Versed by IV push) for Rebecca Walls. She died within minutes after being administered the lethal doses of medication,” according to the settlement.

To date, Mount Carmel has paid out more than $9.1 million in settlements, according to 10 Investigates’ review of information reported through attorneys and probate court records...

To date, Mount Carmel has identified 35 patients of medication overdoses by Dr. Husel during a three-year time period, the settlement documents state...."

Mount Carmel reaches $4.65 million settlement with former patient of Dr. Husel; largest known payout to date

(Rebecca Walls)
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Mount Carmel to pay $9M to settle 2 of the wrongful death lawsuits over Dr. Husel

August 26, 2019

"Mount Carmel Health System has agreed to pay $9 million to settle the wrongful death claims for two South Side residents who died after being prescribed excessive doses of painkillers by Dr. William S. Husel, according to Franklin County court records.

Franklin County Probate Court Judge Robert G. Montgomery must give final approval for the proposed settlements in the case of Donald McClung, 58, who died on Sept. 18, 2018 after receiving 10 milligrams of Dialudid; and Rebecca Walls, 75, who died on Nov. 19, 2018, six minutes after she was administered 1,000 micrograms of fentanyl and 10 milligrams of Versed...."

https://www.dispatch.com/news/20190...le-2-of-wrongful-death-lawsuits-over-dr-husel

(Donald McClung,)

 

[YESorNO]

Husel hearing on murder case expected to address new attorneys; potential trial date

08/27/19

"COLUMBUS (WBNS) – A hearing scheduled for Wednesday in Dr. William Husel’s murder case is expected to address a potential new legal team for Husel – attorneys Diane Menashe and Jose Baez – the latter of which gained media fame for representing Florida mother Casey Anthony and late NFL star Aaron Hernandez in their various court cases.

Menashe, who has represented several high-profile murder defendants here in Columbus, filed a motion earlier this month asking that a judge accept her and Baez as Husel’s new criminal defense attorneys.


Prior to this recent motion, attorney Richard Blake has served as Husel’s criminal defense attorney....

Franklin County Prosecutor Ron O’Brien said that Wednesday’s hearing could also address a potential trial date. The trial is expected to last about 8 weeks."

Husel hearing on murder case expected to address new attorneys; potential trial date

 

[YESorNO]

Bennett Haeberle‏Verified account @bhaeberle 19h19 hours ago
Former @MountCarmel Dr. William Husel remains silent as he walks into his court hearing this afternoon. He’s accused of killing 25 patients under his care, prosecutors allege he gave his patients too much fentanyl. @10TV @10Investigates #10TV

(video clip: Bennett Haeberle on Twitter )


Dan Pearlman‏ @danpearlman 21h21 hours ago
NEW TRIAL DATE: In order to give his new attorney time to prepare, the trial date for Dr. William Husel’s case is now scheduled to begin on June 1, 2020.

Lu Ann Stoia‏Verified account @stoiawsyx6 20h20 hours ago
Murder trial now set in late May for Dr William Husel. Judge gave the go-ahead to new high-profile lawyer Jose Baez. The former Mt Carmel doc accused of prescribing lethal doses of painkillers to dozens of critically ill patients.

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Judge approves former Casey Anthony attorney joining defense team of ex-Mount Carmel Dr. William Husel

Aug 28, 2019

"High-profile lawyer Jose Baez offered a simple answer Wednesday when asked what prompted him to join the defense team for Dr. William S. Husel, who is accused of murdering 25 hospital patients with excessive doses of painkillers.

“The man looking me in the eye and telling me he’s absolutely innocent,” Baez replied. “And I believe him.”

Baez, who gained fame by successfully defending Casey Anthony in a 2011 Florida trial on charges of murdering her daughter, received a Franklin County judge’s approval to defend Husel during a hearing Wednesday.

Common Pleas Judge Michael J. Holbrook granted a motion filed three weeks ago asking that Baez, a Florida lawyer not licensed to practice in Ohio, be permitted to join the case.

The judge also agreed to delay the trial by a month at the request of Baez and Husel’s Columbus-based attorney, Diane Menashe. The trial, originally scheduled to begin April 27, is now set for June 1, with potential jurors to report May 28-29.

Husel, 43, of Liberty Township, who is free on $1 million bond, sat between his attorneys and did not speak during the hearing....

Speaking with reporters after the hearing, Baez said he is “honored to be representing Dr. Husel. I think that there are significant facts in dispute in this case.”

He referred to the charges against Husel as “somewhat baffling.”

“I’m not going to comment on the evidence or what potential defenses will be, but I can tell you that he is absolutely, 100% innocent,” Baez said....

Because of concerns about pretrial publicity in Husel’s case and the expected length of the trial, the prosecution and defense agreed with Holbrook’s decision to summon 1,000 potential jurors.

O’Brien said he can’t recall a Franklin County case in which more than 500 potential jurors were summoned."

Judge approves former Casey Anthony attorney joining defense team of ex-Mount Carmel Dr. William Husel