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    Nurse Megan Haines Allegedly Killed Patients Who Complained About Her

    I swear I posted this before they named names but now I can't find it??


    http://m.smh.com.au/nsw/nurse-megan-...708-zt0a5.html

    Police investigating the suspicious deaths of two women at a nursing home in Ballina have charged a 46-year-old woman with two counts of*murder*and one of assault.

    Megan Haines, 46, had been working at St Andrews Village at Ballina for two months when she allegedly injected unscheduled insulin dosages to Isobella Spencer, 77, and Marie Darragh, 82, during the night of May 10 or early on May 11.

    Ms Spencer and Ms Darragh died shortly after they were found unconscious by other nurses on May 11


    Charli Darragh with her mother Marie, who died at a Ballina nursing home. Photo: Facebook

    Police allege the surviving victim, 88, survived because she woke as Ms Haines tried to inject her with an unscheduled and unnecessary dose.

    Police said the injections to the arms were the only injuries the patients suffered and it was not known if the victims were diabetic or required insulin.

    Detective Superintendent Michael Willing of the Homicide Squad said police would allege Ms Haines injected the women after they lodged complaints against her


    Megan Haines is accused of murdering two patients at a nursing home after they complained about her. Photo: Facebook


    Ms Haines will be charged with two counts of murder and one of assault shortly after she arrives in Sydney late on Tuesday night.

    Detective Superintendent Willing said Ms Haines had been a suspect since early in the investigation.

    ?We had a good idea of what occurred and were waiting for further forensic accounts,? he said.

    According to police, Ms Haines did not return to work after the deaths.*She resigned a few days later.

    St Andrews*Village*chief executive Phillip Carter told Fairfax Media he was unable to comment about how Ms Haines became aware of the complaints or its hiring procedures.

    ?Our sympathies are with the women?s families. Both women were very much part of our community, our family at St Andrews, and we share in their families? grief,? Mr Carter said in a statement.

    Ms Haines?s registration as a nurse includes a note the she is required to submit performance reviews from her managers to the registry office every six months, for 18 months.

    A spokeswoman for the Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency, which manages registrations, declined to say specifically why the note had been added to Ms Haines? record.

    She said there were many reasons why such a note may be added, ranging from needing additional training to poor performance or behaviour.

    Ms Haines was arrested on Monday in the Victorian coastal town of Seaspray about 11am. Warrants were issued for her arrest by the NSW Homicide Squad late last week.

    She was remanded into Victorian police custody overnight before NSW Police successfully applied for her extradition at a court hearing on Tuesday morning.

    During her extradition hearing in Victoria, her lawyer Joanne Finlay said her client required medication for severe depression and was vulnerable as this was the first time she had been taken into police custody.

    Ms Haines has not requested bail and will face court again on Wednesday morning.

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    "Killer" Nurse Investigated For Similar Offence In 2008.

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    A nurse charged with the murders of two elderly women in a nursing home has faced court in Sydney where it was revealed she had been investigated for similar offence in Victoria in 2008.

    It's alleged Megan Haines, 46, killed two elderly aged-care patients with insulin overdoses and left another hospitalised.

    She was charged in Sydney late on Tuesday after being extradited from Victoria over the May deaths of 82-year-old Marie Darragh and 77-year-old Isobella Spencer, as well as the assault of another 88-year-old woman, police told AAP.

    "She's been charged with two counts of murder and one count of common assault," a police spokeswoman told AAP on Tuesday night.

    The woman, who spent the night in custody after being refused police bail, faced Sydney's Central Local Court on Wednesday where she represented herself.

    In May, Ms Darragh and Ms Spencer were found unconscious in their beds at the St Andrews Village Aged Care facility at Ballina and died a short time later.

    Police allege a 46-year-old nurse, who was arrested in the southern Victorian town of Seaspray, administered fatal doses of insulin to Ms Darragh and Ms Spencer in the middle of the night.

    They also claim the unnamed 88-year-old woman was woken in the middle of the night when the nurse tried to give her "unscheduled medication".

    All 3 patients had complained about the nurse.
    Police say all three victims had complained about the nurse.

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    http://m.ballinaadvocate.com.au/news...court/2319123/

    THE nurse accused of murdering two Ballina nursing home residents by injecting

    the women with fatal doses of insulin has appeared in court from a Sydney women's prison.

    Dressed in prison greens, Megan Jean Haines appeared at Lismore Local Court via video link from Silverwater's Mulawa Women's correctional centre.

    The 46-year-old faces two counts of murder over the deaths of Marie Darragh and Isobella Spencer on May 10, and one charge of assault relating to an attack on an 88-year-old resident.

    Haines was represented by Legal Aid solicitor Hugh Van-Ducteren who indicated Haines would be
    represented by Ms Harris from the Legal Aid head office in future.

    "We need brief service orders your honour," he said.

    Police prosecutor Mr Costin Neilsen, representing the Director of Public Prosecutions said the director requested the brief of evidence against Haines be served by August 26.

    At the end of Haines appearance the daughters of Marie Darragh, Jan and Charli, thanked Mr Heilpern for how he treated the case.

    Outside the court Charli said she and her sister were there for their mum.

    "We're here for mum, Jan and I, and we are very happy with the outcome," she said.

    "We are very pleased with what the police are doing."
    Mr Van Ducteren did not enter a plea on behalf of Haines, or apply for her bail.

    Magistrate David Heilpern adjourned Haines matters until a date in September for mention

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