4 Suspended in ‘Mercy’ Deaths of Infants
The Santa Clara Valley Medical Center has suspended a doctor and three nurses and fired a fourth nurse during an investigation of alleged mercy killings in 1985 of two deformed infants.
Anne Moses, a hospital spokeswoman, said Wednesday that an investigation has been in progress for a month into the deaths of two premature infants who were suffering multiple and fatal conditions.
She said the inquiry centered on the possibility that an unusual dose of narcotics might have been administered. In both cases, the infants had previously--and routinely in such situations--been removed from life-support systems.
Moses identified the attending physician in both cases as P. Ramachandran, 37. The fired nurse was a part-time worker.
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