Nurse investigation to be widened

THE inquiry into the activities of a nurse being investigated for the unauthorised administering of drugs to three elderly patients, two of whom died, is to be widened to include her work at a Dublin hospital.

The nurse, in her 20s, had returned from working overseas, when she took up a position in a Dublin hospital, which cannot be named for legal reasons. Authorities there will be asked to check her treatment record for any suspicious activity.

When asked if her previous place of employment had been contacted, a spokesperson for South Western Health Board said: “other contacts have been made.”