Reta Mays: The VA Nursing Assistant Who Turned a Veterans’ Hospital Ward Into a Killing Field
Carl Tripp
Sonia Erirhomuru Solomon · AI-narrated by Madison (from Google)
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What happens when the people entrusted to care for vulnerable patients become the source of unimaginable danger? At the Louis A. Johnson VA Medical Center in Clarksburg, West Virginia, a disturbing pattern emerged as veterans under care died from unexplained episodes of dangerously low blood sugar. The investigation would eventually lead authorities to Reta Mays, a nursing assistant working the night shift.Mays ultimately pleaded guilty to seven counts of second-degree murder and one count of assault with intent to commit murder involving an eighth veteran. Prosecutors said she administered insulin to patients despite nursing assistants not being authorized to administer medication. The victims were veterans who had served their country and were receiving care in a facility where their families expected them to be safe.This book follows the chilling investigation that uncovered what had been happening inside the hospital. It explores the deaths that first raised questions, the medical evidence, the painstaking examination of patient records, the investigation involving hundreds of interviews and forensic experts, the eventual guilty pleas, and the sentencing that followed.But the story goes beyond the crimes themselves. It also examines how warning signs could remain undetected, the institutional failures identified by investigators, the devastating impact on the victims’ families, and the difficult questions surrounding trust, patient safety, and accountability in a veterans’ hospital.
What happens when the people entrusted to care for vulnerable patients become the source of unimaginable danger? At the Louis A. Johnson VA Medical Center in Clarksburg, West Virginia, a disturbing pattern emerged as veterans under care died from unexplained episodes of dangerously low blood suga...
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