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Nurse Arrested for Suspicious Deaths

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Five patients died from saline-tainted insulin.

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A 27-year-old nurse was arrested but not charged on suspicion of murder in the U.K. after five of her patients died under suspicious circumstances. The five people were at a hospital near Manchester and apparently died from sudden drops in their blood-sugar levels. A sixth person is in critical condition. Police found 36 bags of saline solution that had been sabotaged with insulin, which prompts the body to absorb sugar from the blood.

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