Japan midwife killed patient with feces-tainted IV, phone history reveals sickening searches
A Japanese midwife has been arrested for the murder of a 75-year-old patient by injecting feces into his IV line. Evidence includes incriminating search history on her phone and security footage of her entering the patient's room.
Why it matters
This case highlights extreme failures in hospital safety protocols and raises concerns about patient vulnerability in medical settings.
A midwife in Japan has been arrested on suspicion of murdering a 75-year-old hospital patient by contaminating his intravenous drip with human feces, police said Thursday.Miyuki Furukawa, a nurse at Kashiwa Tanaka Hospital in Chiba Prefecture, was arrested on July 15 and has been sent to prosecutors. She has denied the allegations, telling police: "I did not mix feces into the tube."However, investigators revealed that her phone history included searches such as: "Feces injection, will they die?"The victim died on the night of January 31st. An autopsy confirmed the cause of death was multiple organ failure due to sepsis from numerous bacteria entering his bloodstream via the contaminated IV.Security cameras captured Furukawa entering and exiting the victim's room multiple times during a night shift from January 29th to January 30th.
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