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The public prosecutor's office in Frankfurt am Main is investigating a former nurse on suspicion of sexual abuse. He is accused of injecting a patient "against her will and without medical indication with a sedative drug in order to then enable a sexual assault," a spokesman for the public prosecutor's office said. Previously, the »Bild« newspaper had reported.
According to the authority, it is a 35-year-old suspect. The alleged period of the offence is given as 12 and 13 August 2023. With regard to the investigation, the spokesman did not provide any further details.
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According to research by the »Bild« newspaper, the accused worked at the University Hospital Frankfurt. A spokesman for the clinic said that the clinic had "issued a notice of termination without notice in this context and filed a criminal complaint." He, too, did not provide any further information because of the ongoing proceedings.
At the University Hospital, there are numerous precautions against sexual assault, said the spokesman: A protection concept is set out in a binding service instruction. Managers are sensitized in training courses. Information is available on the intranet. In recent months, a checklist for dealing with possible crimes has been developed.
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