Yale Settles with Fertility Clinic Patients Over Fentanyl Tampering

The settlement involves claims from patients who endured painful procedures without pain relief due to a nurse's fentanyl theft.

Yale University settled with 95 fertility clinic patients who received saline instead of fentanyl during procedures.
A nurse diverted the fentanyl for personal use, resulting in patients undergoing invasive procedures without proper pain relief.
The settlement terms remain undisclosed, but Yale has committed to new safeguards, including more staff training and supervision.
The nurse involved pleaded guilty to tampering with a consumer product and received a sentence of home confinement and supervised release.
Patients' complaints of pain were initially dismissed, leading to lawsuits citing medical malpractice and inadequate drug monitoring.