Texas nurse arrested after falsifying patient’s do-not-resuscitate form

[Kamaji]

Texas nurse arrested after falsifying patient’s do-not-resuscitate form: police

By MaryAnn Martinez
March 14, 2022

A Texas home hospice service owner has been accused of falsifying a do-not-resuscitate form, according to the Plano Police Department.

Pamela Ekor-Tarh Eyambe, 60, was charged with tampering with physical evidence after an investigation into the death of a person being cared for by her Peaceful Touch Hospice & Palliative Care led to the discovery of the “falsified” DNR form, police said.

The alleged sham resuscitation document is not related to the patient whose death was initially being investigated — and police said they are doing an in-depth probe to find out if there are more fake DNR forms.

“You have to look at the big picture for us — is there or are there any patient under the care of this company that lost their life and they should have had life-saving measures,” said Plano police spokesman Officer Andrae Smith.

Eyambe, who is a nurse, was arrested Thursday on the charges and has since bonded out of jail.

She has not returned a request for comment from The Post, but a woman who identified herself as Eyambe’s daughter said her mother is innocent and that the police investigation is racially motivated.

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Source:  https://nypost.com/2022/03/14/texas-nurse-arrested-after-falsifying-patients-do-not-resuscitate-form-police/

[Kamaji]

I'm sure this sort of shenanigans is much more common in most of the country than most people are willing to acknowledge.

[mountaineer]

Sure, racially motivated. That must be it.