Sue Hartigan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Police Probe Hospital Deaths > GLENDALE, Calif. (AP) -- Glendale Adventist Medical > Center officials have given police the records of seven > patients who may have been treated by Efren Saldivar, > the self-professed mercy killer who later recanted his > story. > > Four retired doctors have been reviewing hundreds of > records and interviewing family members who fear their > relatives may have fallen victim to Saldivar, a > respiratory therapist who told authorities he killed 40 > to 50 terminally ill patients. > > Saldivar recanted in television interviews, but > hospital officials and police continue investigating. > Saldivar, who along with four others was fired from the > hospital, has not been charged. > > About 350 families have called the hospital with > concerns over the death of relatives. The retired > doctors have reviewed slightly more than a third of > those cases. > > The hospital has forwarded to police seven > ``suspicious'' cases, though there is no solid evidence > that Saldivar, 28, played a role in the deaths, > hospital spokesman Mark Newmyer said. > > ``If Efren cared for someone and was in the room, and a > few hours later the person passed away, we would > consider that suspicious,'' Newmyer said. > > Police declined to comment on the cases, saying they > were pursuing their own investigation. Sgt. Rick Young > would not say how many cases police are examining. > > Police documents say Saldivar confessed to either > depriving patients of oxygen or injecting them with > powerful paralyzing drugs. > > But in television interviews, Saldivar, 28, said he > lied because he was depressed, suicidal and wanted to > be sent to death row. -- Two rules in life: 1. Don't tell people everything you know. 2. Subscribe/Unsubscribe, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the body of the message enter: subscribe/unsubscribe law-issues
