The verdict has taken effect. As a nurse at the anaesthetic and resuscitation ward (ARO) in the Havlickuv Brod hospital, Zelenka killed seven people by giving them excessive dozes of anticoagulant heparin, thus causing them to bleed to death. He attempted to kill another ten patients in the same way from May to September 2006. Zelenka, 32, later explained his deed by his desire "to see action." In February, the Regional Court in Hradec Kralove sentenced him to life imprisonment.
It said Zelenka had confessed to his deeds and assessments of experts had confirmed his guilt as well. During Former Czech Communist Party leader not to run for chairman ...
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(Ceske Noviny)
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