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.