Nurse Choked With Stethoscope; $15M Award for Blinded Patient; Fake Ozempic Charges

This week's legal roundup covers a range of healthcare-related court and law enforcement cases: a New York nurse was choked with a stethoscope by a patient, a Pennsylvania hospital faces questions after a patient died falling from a sixth-floor window, and a Connecticut jury awarded $15 million to a woman blinded during surgery when antiseptic dripped into her only good eye. Other cases include an Ohio woman suing after an alleged wrong-leg amputation left her a double amputee, a Michigan nurse facing federal charges for helping an immigrant escape custody, and FDA charges against two Indian nationals for a counterfeit Ozempic distribution scheme. Additional items include a Washington nurse accused of sexual misconduct with patients, a Massachusetts man's guilty plea for stealing opioids from hospice patients, a $1 million settlement over unnecessary rehab billing, a Florida doctor's sentencing for unnecessary genetic testing fraud, a Miami man's guilty plea in a $500 million COVID testing fraud scheme, and two Connecticut women charged with defrauding Medicaid autism therapy funds.