Niels Hoegel, 40, has admitted that he sometimes sent patients into cardiac arrest out of "boredom", as he enjoyed attempted to bring them back to life. A German nurse convicted of murdering two hospital patients with lethal drug overdoses may have had a hand in the deaths of up to 180 others, in what police are calling Germany's worst killing spree since WWII. Former nurse Niels Hoegel hides he face from the media during the 2014 trial for two murders. German police say former nurse Niels Hoegel may have killed up to 180 people with lethal drug overdoses. Two former senior doctors and the head of the intensive care unit at Delmenhorst Hospital are now also facing charges of homicide by omission, according to HuffPost Spain.

Source: Huffington Post August 28, 2017 23:37 UTC