Fifth 'sabotage' patient dies in British hospital

"I am romantic about the NHS; I love it. All I need to do to rediscover the romance is to look at health care in my own country." Donald Berwick, MD, head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services.

Police questioned a 27-year-old nurse Friday after a fifth patient died at a British hospital where detectives fear saline solution was deliberately contaminated with insulin.

Police arrested Rebecca Leighton Wednesday on suspicion of murder over the deaths of three patients given the contaminated solution at Stepping Hill Hospital in Stockport, outside Manchester in northwest England.

Police believe someone deliberately tampered with a batch of saline and nine other patients may also have been affected. One of them, a 41-year-old man, has been described as being in a critically ill condition.

Investigators will also be reviewing previous deaths at the hospital for any evidence of foul play.

"I can confirm that there have been two further deaths that we are linking to the investigation into deliberate contamination of medical products," Greater Manchester Police Assistant Chief Constable Ian Hopkins told reporters.

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