Comments on: Canada: nurse who stole opioids wins reinstatement, damages

By: cecil

cecil — Fri, 01 Feb 2019 18:44:57 +0000

did the theft start before the disability? After all, becoming addicted to stolen medications is slightly worse than stealing medications to which you are already addicted. Based solely on her justification and the fact that the arbitrator bought it…

By: SPO

SPO — Thu, 31 Jan 2019 22:54:45 +0000

And there’s no deduction for the value of the stolen opioids?

By: CarLitGuy

CarLitGuy — Thu, 31 Jan 2019 22:22:55 +0000

In a just universe, the arbiter would be sentenced to her care for an extended period while himself afflicted with some malady requiring pain management therapy.

Mercy for the perpetrator has overcome any veneer of justice for the victims in this case.

By: Richard

Richard — Thu, 31 Jan 2019 21:38:22 +0000

Not to mention the basic problem that if she is, indeed, unable to resist feeding her addiction then she is a danger to patients who require such medications.

By: ras

ras — Thu, 31 Jan 2019 21:25:07 +0000

By this logic, every DUI alcoholic should have his or her driving license reinstated and driving record expunged.

By: Bill Poser

Bill Poser — Thu, 31 Jan 2019 17:34:34 +0000

In reply to SPO. Exactly. She never requested accommodation.

By: SPO

SPO — Thu, 31 Jan 2019 15:36:08 +0000

Let’s assume that the arbitrator is correct—she had this massive need that she couldn’t resist. There was nothing preventing her from telling her superiors. So can her for that.

By: Bob Lipton

Bob Lipton — Thu, 31 Jan 2019 14:39:48 +0000

According to the article, she is also remorseful, in the way one always is after being caught.

Bob

By: Hugo S. Cunningham

Hugo S. Cunningham — Thu, 31 Jan 2019 13:15:45 +0000

The judge should have given her a five-year jail sentence, suspended on condition she stay out of that Waterloo Ontario nursing home.