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Updated: 2:01 PM Nov 24, 2009
Overdose Killed Patient Released From Cherry Hospital
An autopsy shows a North Carolina man just discharged from a state psychiatric hospital died from a massive overdose of a painkiller given to him by the facility.
Posted: 9:32 AM Nov 24, 2009 |
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An autopsy shows a North Carolina man just discharged from a state psychiatric hospital died from a massive overdose of a painkiller given to him by the facility.
The News & Observer reported Tuesday that 40-year-old Jeffery Scott Swaim died in July of acute Fentanyl poisoning.
The synthetic opiate was the active ingredient in the pain patch Swaim was prescribed at Cherry Hospital in Goldsboro. The newspaper said the drug has been linked to hundreds of overdose deaths nationally and is often abused by those seeking a high.
Doctors at a Wilmington hospital found one of the pain patches in Swaim's mouth.
He was admitted to the psychiatric hospital almost two weeks earlier seeking treatment for alcohol abuse and suicidal thoughts.
(Copyright 2009 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
Latest Comments
You said it best Joey of Snowhill
i just don't think North carolina is trained for people with mental illness. They hire anybody with no experience and minimum wage.
I just hate it for the family. Not only did they loose a family member, but now they have to deal with all this other stuff too. God bless them.
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