Nurse Accused of Disconnecting Resident's Ventilator
Pennsylvania’s news website reported a former nurse who is facing a trial on charges of elder abuse. The former nurse was responsible for treating a resident that was suffering from pneumonia and dementia. The charges allege that the nurse disconnected an 81-year-old woman’s ventilator in a nursing home facility and watched her turn blue.
The nurse reportedly did this knowingly just because he wanted to see the woman suffer and be unable to breathe. 44-year-old Abiodun Agbodlahan Oke faces charges of neglect of care of a dependent person and recklessly endangering a person. If Oke is convicted at the trial, he will be sentenced to 11 to 22 years in prison.
According to the report, the district attorney stated his opinion of this case saying it is ‘disturbing’ and that is exactly what it is. The fact that Oke purposely disconnected the woman’s ventilator just to watch her suffer and be unable to breathe is despicable and Oke deserves to be punished to the highest extent of the law. For someone to get their kicks from making an elderly person suffer is simply a cruel thing to do and it is mind-boggling that a person would find enjoyment in that act. Nobody should ever be treated in that way, elderly or not. People do not deserve to be made to suffer for somebody else’s enjoyment.
