A provincial inspector recalling an investigation into missing narcotics at one of the long-term care homes where Elizabeth Wettlaufer worked spent her second day on the stand in St. Thomas on Thursday.
In Wettlaufer’s resignation letter to Meadow Park, she said she wasn’t able to continue working as a nurse because of her medical conditions.
Despite this, Rhonda Kukoly testified that she didn’t think to look into the quality of care provided by Wettlaufer before she resigned.
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“I didn’t think of the letter at that time, so I never thought of asking Meadow Park if a report had been filed,” Kukoly said.
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The inquiry heard that Meadow Park did not contact the College of Nurses when it suspected Wettlaufer had taken hydromorphone from the home.
“Some staff did, however, raise concerns over (Wettlaufer’s) conduct,” Kukoly testified.
“But never concerns that she murdered people,” she added.
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A lawyer then questioned Kukoly if she had heard anyone refer to Wettlaufer as an “Angel of Death.”
“One of them did refer to her as that,” she testified.
When asked in what context Wettlaufer was referred to as an Angel of Death, Kukoly said she couldn’t remember and would have to look back at her records.
The inquiry is looking into how Wettlaufer was able murder eight people over the span of 10 years while working as a nurse in long-term care homes.
She pleaded guilty to eight murder charges in 2017 and was given a life sentence.
— With files from Global News Radio 980 CFPL’s Jaclyn Carbone.
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