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The former Mount Carmel anesthesiologist faces 14 counts of murder after prosecutors say he ordered excessive doses of painkillers that hastened the deaths of patients.

Witness testimony resumes in William Husel murder trial

William Husel stands during a short break in his trial on Tuesday., Feb. 22, 2022 at the Franklin County Common Pleas Courthouse in Columbus, Ohio. Husel, an Ohio doctor, is charged in multiple hospital deaths. He is accused of ordering excessive painkillers for patients in the Columbus-area Mount Carmel Health System.
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William Husel stands during a short break in his trial on Tuesday., Feb. 22, 2022 at the Franklin County Common Pleas Courthouse in Columbus, Ohio. Husel, an Ohio doctor, is charged in multiple hospital deaths. He is accused of ordering excessive painkillers for patients in the Columbus-area Mount Carmel Health System.

During Tuesday's testimony in the murder trial of former Mount Carmel doctor William Husel, Dr. John Walther Schweiger, a Tampa anesthesiologist and critical care physician continued to question the lack of ample documentation of medication and response during care of Husel鈥檚 patients.

Schweiger criticized Husel鈥檚 oversight and dosage of painkillers for 74-year old Danny Mollette who died after receiving 1,000 micrograms of fentanyl in December 2017.

鈥淭here was no description in the medical record that would have indicated a need for high doses or the multiple administration of medications' said Schweiger. "In this case, he received two separate narcotics or opioids, the fentanyl, and dilaudid, but then the additional fentanyl.鈥

Husel isby over-prescribing painkillers. to all charges.

Debbie Holmes has worked at 星空无限传媒 News since 2009. She has hosted All Things Considered, since May 2021. Prior to that she was the host of Morning Edition and a reporter.
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