MedCrimes: a Medical True Crime Podcast · Kate Macy and Devon Rebecca

HEADLINES! Vol. 2

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Staff texted that residents who "couldn't talk didn't get shit" and joked about skipping care.

1. MedCrimes: a Medical True Crime Podcast uses "Headlines! Vol. 2" to revisit recent medical true-crime cases and add new ones. 2. Devin and Kate host the episode, with Kate leading the case updates and Devin reacting to the details as a nurse. 3. The episode asks what has changed since the first Headlines installment and why these current hospital and nursing-home stories matter now. 4. Colonial Heights, a nursing home in Virginia, is described as the site of alleged substandard care, falsified records, and a resident death. 5. On March 26, 13 defendants appeared in court on elder-abuse-related charges connected to Colonial Heights. 6. One defendant pleaded guilty to falsifying patient records, and another had misdemeanor charges dismissed. 7. Seven Colonial Heights hearings were pushed to later summer dates, and prosecutors told 8News that new evidence could lead to more serious felony charges. 8. Search warrants in the Colonial Heights Circuit Court reportedly pulled text messages from two licensed practical nurses who worked evenings and nights. 9. Those messages included photos of protected health information and a resident from the case, including the resident who later died. 10. The texts also described giving residents Tylenol and melatonin when they were "acting up" and leaving nonverbal residents without medications. 11. The hosts identify that messaging as a reason workplace group chats around patient care can become dangerous. 12. Dr. Abassi, the medical director at Colonial Heights, was arrested and charged in connection with the case. 13. The Virginia Department of Health has barred Colonial Heights from accepting new residents while investigators review a newly released 340-page complaint. 14. That complaint reportedly covers medication errors, infection control failures, and failures to protect residents from harm. 15. Aaron Strotman, a former NICU nurse in Virginia, faces malicious wounding and child-abuse charges after surveillance video allegedly showed her harming a five-month-old baby boy. 16. The hosts say that same hospital, Henrico Doctors Hospital in Richmond, had reports of three babies with unexplained fractures in November 2024 and four more similar injuries in summer 2023. 17. In the Asante Rogue Medical Center case in Medford, Oregon, family members describe deaths tied to fentanyl being replaced with non-sterile tap water. 18. A class-action lawsuit names 44 assault counts, 16 deaths, and $303 million in claims involving nine surviving former patients and nine estates. 19. The tone stays blunt, reactive, and conversational, with Kate and Devin interrupting each other and adding workplace perspective from nursing and long-term care. 20. People following nursing-home cases, NICU investigations, or hospital litigation will get the most from this episode, while listeners avoiding dense case updates may skip it.

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A loose, reactive medical case story that moves from host banter into a NICU abuse investigation.

MedCrimes opens with a bit of playful host banter, then settles into an alleged abuse case in the NICU. The episode follows a nurse whose license has been suspended while the matter is investigated, and it includes Noah Hackey's account, down to the fractured tibia his family…

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Listen for a grim NICU case that is still unfolding, with preterm twins, a tibia fracture, and a license suspension tied to the investigation.

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