30-Year-Old Man Who Drunk and Injected Cleaner into Another Patient's IV Instead of "Blood Vessel Opening Drug" Sentenced to 3 Years in Prison

Court: "Severe Punishment Needed but Considering Remorse and Other Factors"

[Asia Economy Reporter Yoon Seul-gi] A man in his 30s was sentenced to prison for putting cleaning detergent into another patient's IV hose while hospitalized.

The Daejeon District Court's 11th Criminal Division (Presiding Judge Park Heon-haeng) announced on the 22nd that it sentenced Mr. A (31), who was charged with special injury, gas leakage, and trespassing, to three years in prison.

Earlier, Mr. A was prosecuted for allegedly injecting bathroom cleaning detergent into another patient's IV hose with a syringe at a hospital in Dong-gu, Daejeon, where he was admitted in March last year for burn treatment, causing injury.

Investigations revealed that when the victim complained of chest pain and other symptoms, a nurse replaced the IV, but Mr. A was found to have injected detergent again. Mr. A claimed it was a medicine to open blood vessels while injecting the detergent, and it was reported that he was intoxicated at the time.

As a result, the victim suffered chest pain, substance poisoning, and multiple organ failure injuries.

Additionally, Mr. A was also charged with trespassing into another person's home while intoxicated in August 2020 and leaking gas by opening the valve of a liquefied petroleum (LP) gas tank outside someone else's residence.

The court stated, "He committed a bizarre crime by putting detergent into the IV fluid of a victim who was asleep in the same hospital room, and thus deserves severe punishment."

However, the court explained the sentencing by considering "the defendant's remorseful attitude and his pledge to quit drinking and become a new person in the future."

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