BREAKING: Jury finds former doctor William Husel not guilty on all 14 murder counts
"She was a fighter," said Leonhard, of Grove City."She didn't deserve to die the way she did."
The murder trial was one of the largest in state history. Ely and Schweiger testified that the fentanyl, combined with other painkillers, hastened the deaths of patients by minutes, hours, days — and in one case involving a cancer patient, potentiallyDefense attorneys argued that there was no way to know when someone was going to die and that Husel's comfort care made the end of life support easier for his patients.
Among the more than 50 witnesses for the prosecution were nurses, pharmacists and relatives or guardians of the 14 deceased patients. JoAnne Bellisari, 69, died May 10, 2015, 17 minutes after 1,000 microgram fentanyl dose Beverlee Schirtzinger, 63, Oct. 10, 2017, within 10 minutes of 500 micrograms of fentanyl Brandy McDonald, 37, Jan.
Husel's defense relied on the ethical doctrine of"double effect," which states that a harmful treatment by a doctor, even resulting in death, is permissible if it occurs as a side effect of a beneficial action such as easing pain. But the defense opposed that, noting in a motion that physicians have immunity from prosecution under Ohio law when providing comfort care to patients unless intent to kill a patient can be proven.Husel began working for Mount Carmel in 2013, serving as an intensive-care doctor, primarily at Mount Carmel West. He was removed from treating patients on Nov. 21, 2018 and was fired Dec. 5, 2018 after a hospital employee expressed concerns about Husel in October 2018 and again in November 2018.
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