DEADLY MEDICINE The chilling true story of a pediatric nurse who murdered scores of her infant patients

Hardback. Between May 1981 and March 1982, Genene Jones, a nurse in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit of San Antonio's county hospital, injected more than 60 of her infant patients with deadly medicines, killing at least 30 children. Dozens of supposedly responsible personnel became morally culpable for Jones's crimes through their failure to stop her. The hospital solved the problem that Jones presented by discharging her - with a favourable recommendation. She moved on. Six months later, after 7 more emergencies and one fatality, Dr. Kathleen Holland - Jones's new employer and long-time friend - risked her career, her reputation, and her future to put an end to Jones's campaign of death. The authors tell the story of these two women - the first, a sharp, aggressive, highly effective nurse who developed a fatal addiction to the thrill of a "Code Blue" emergency; the second, a compassionate and somewhat innocent idealist who would be confronted with the knowledge that her friend was a murderer. At the time, this was the only book to present the full story of the Jones case. The authors interviewed almost everyone connected with the case, including Genene Jones, Dr. Holland, the Bexar County DA, the Kerrville DA, the presiding judge, the jury foreman, the Bexar County Special Prosecutor, Jones's defence counsel, and families of the victims. Confidential sources supplied documents containing information otherwise unavailable - details about the actions of Bexar County Hospital Administrators and details about the course of the investigation. With Glossary. 465pp. 8vo. h/back. From the library of true crime writer, Wilfred Gregg, with his personal b/plate. First few pp. appear to have been badly stuck-in o/w Vg. in sl. sunned Vg+ dw.