A nurse in the psychiatric ward of Landsspítali has been charged with manslaughter and crimes committed during public employment.
The nurse is accused of having culpably caused the death of a psychiatric patient by force-feeding them. The victim in question is said to be a woman in her fifties. It is alleged that the nurse force-fed her liquid food to the point of choking.
Anna Barbara Andradóttir, prosecutor at the district attorney’s office, confirmed this in a recent statement to RÚV.
The accused is a woman in her sixties, who had previously worked in department 33C at Landsspítali. The charges were brought against her about two weeks ago.
The case was first made known August of last year. Source report that the investigation has been wide in scope, with some 20 witnesses in total called to give an account.
The case is scheduled to be heard in court this January.
