Nurse admits killing 30 patients

A German nurse who is on trial for three hospital murders admitted to a psychologist that he killed 30 patients in all, and nearly killed an additional 60 with drug overdoses, a court has heard.

Prosecutors say his motive was to recklessly create intensive-care emergencies in which he could impress and win gratitude with his talent for saving people from the brink of death.

The gravely ill patients are believed to have been injected with overdoses of heart medication.