"Air Force nurse charged in deaths of terminally ill" by Associated Press | March 18, 2009
SAN ANTONIO - An Air Force nurse has been charged with murder for allegedly giving lethal amounts of medication to three terminally ill patients in his care over a month last summer, military officials said yesterday.
Captain Michael Fontana, 35, was formally charged Monday by the Air Force with deliberately giving three Wilford Hall Medical Center patients lethal doses of medication, and with conduct unbecoming an officer for allegedly changing a medical record for one of the patients....
Wilford Hall, at Lackland Air Force Base, is the Air Force's largest hospital. It serves military personnel and retirees and provides emergency and trauma care to some civilians.... Air Force spokesman David Smith declined to speculate on a motive but said that to his knowledge, the patients had not requested assistance to end their lives.
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