WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. — Johnathan Hayes was a nurse in the Intensive Care Unit at Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist when investigators charged him with one count of attempted murder and two felony murder charges.
Now, several health organizations are being sued on behalf of the victims.
Atrium Health Wake Forest Baptist, Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, North Carolina Baptist Hospital and Atrium Health Inc. have been sued for Negligence, Common Law Administrative Negligence and Wrongful Death, according to the lawsuit obtained by WFMY News 2.
Investigators claimed that two patients, Gwen Crawford and Vicky Lingerfelt both died in the ICU after experiencing an episode of hypoglycemia (low blood sugar).
Search warrants said both women were given over 100 units of insulin which attributed to their deaths, both were ruled homicides.
Search warrants claimed surveillance video captured Hayes taking insulin from a medication room but Hayes said he threw the medications away in a sharps container.
Warrants went on to claim that Hayes did not follow the hospital's “dual verification” method properly before giving certain medications, including insulin.
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