William Husel’s medical license has been suspended, but the case raises larger questions about doctors, hospitals and the trust patients put in them.
Cincinnati EnquirerCINCINNATI, Ohio – Rebecca Walls went to the hospital because her primary care physician recommended it. The 75-year-old had been lightheaded and short of breath for about a month, so on Nov. 13, 2018, she went to Mount Carmel West Hospital in Columbus, Ohio, and checked herself in.
Husel, 43, is out on bond awaiting trial. He pleaded not guilty to 25 counts of murder and hired Florida attorney Jose Baez, who has represented high-profile clients like Casey Anthony and NFL star Aaron Hernandez.Husel’s medical license has been suspended, but the case raises larger questions about doctors, hospitals and the trust patients put in them.
Attorney Timothy Mahler is representing Walls’ estate in a civil suit against Husel, the hospital and a host of nurses and administrators. Mahler told The Cincinnati Enquirer earlier this year that Walls’ friend, who was in charge of medical decisions, was led to believe Walls was going to die no matter what and was asked in the middle of the night to change Walls' status to “do not resuscitate.
“The oversight, or lack of oversight, just blows your mind,” Mahler said. “The only purpose to administer this medication would be to kill a person.”Mount Carmel had safeguards in place to stop doctors from ordering excessive doses, but none of them stopped Husel. Nurses and pharmacists often had to override flags in the hospital's medication-dispensing cabinet, called Pyxis, to access the amount of fentanyl Husel requested.
James Nickolas Timmons was brought to Mount Carmel with “altered mental status and hypothermia.” Within days, doctors informed Timmons' brother that his sibling was"brain dead." The brother changed Timmons' status to"do not resuscitate." Husel ordered the dose of fentanyl, and Timmons was dead 13 minutes later.
That high dose prompted a pharmacist to report Penix's death to hospital officials. Husel was escorted from the hospital the next day. On Dec. 5, Mount Carmel fired Husel and called the county prosecutor. Mount Carmel's investigation into Husel wasn't done in a timely manner, the pharmacy board review found.
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