The following is an excerpt from Associated Press.
ELLSWORTH, Wis. (AP) — A western Wisconsin nurse accused of amputating a hospice patient’s frostbitten foot without his consent and without doctor’s orders pleaded not guilty Thursday.
A lawyer for 38-year-old Mary K. Brown, of Durand, Wisconsin, entered pleas of not guilty for her to charges of mayhem, physical abuse of an elderly person and intentionally abusing a patient, causing great bodily harm, WEAU-TV and WQOW-TV reported.
After she cut off the man’s right foot on May 27, Brown told her colleagues that she wanted to display it at her family’s taxidermy shop with a sign that said: “Wear your boots kids,” according to charges filed in Pierce County.
The amputation happened May 27, and within about a week the 62-year-old man was dead. A criminal complaint gave no indication the amputation was a factor in his death.
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Oh! This is so gruesome! But here’s the part that makes no sense: “ The heat in his home was not turned on, and he suffered frostbite to both feet, leaving the tissue necrotic. **His right foot remained attached to his leg by a tendon and roughly 2 inches (5 centimeters) of skin.**” Was there no bone attached? The article doesn’t say. How awful!
There are so many things wrong with this incident.
Sounds like the guy had no family or friends.
Frostbite in late May? It wasn't that cold last year. Over the long term, gangrene, followed by death or amputation.
I have heard of people entering hospice and dying the same day or lasting for 3-4 years.
I am not sure if a hospice doctor can order an amputation, and I don't want to imagine the hoops required to get the amputation performed if finally deemed necessary. Even then the patient may not have been able to give consent.
I can see where the nurse thought she might be extending his life, but to Display the Poor Guy's foot in the Family Taxidermy Shop.
The nurse should be unemployed or working in the family business and never allowed to practice nursing unless it is in a prison infirmary. I have read about crimes when the culprits did far more damage and walked away without being charged or with far less charges. Like the campus shooter from a couple of weeks ago.
WTF?