Blind Eye: The Terrifying Story of a Doctor Who Got Away With Murder (52 page)

Swango’s account of,
246
–47,
263
,
264
,
270

Mnene Mission hospital, suspicious deaths investigation at,
236
–48,
255
,
280

lawyer retained by Swango in,
244
–47

patients and nurses interviewed in,
239
–40,
263

Swango’s house searched in,
238
–39,
245

Zshiri and,
236
–41,
247
–48

Moore, Amy,
64
,
69
–70,
78
,
80
,
90
,
123
,
128
,
149

Morgan, Edward W.,
124
–25,
131
,
156
,
311
–12

and suspicious deaths investigation at OSU Hospitals,
144
–53,
303
,
312

Moy, Richard,
56
,
59
–60

Mpilo Hospital,
238
,
259
,
282

patients and staff of,
226
–27

suspicious deaths at,
250
–51

Swango as seen by doctors at,
227
,
248
,
249
–50,
255

Swango as volunteer physician at,
248
–56

Swango’s internship at,
17
,
226
–30,
250

Mpofu, Howard,
13
–14,
16
,
225
,
237
,
241
–42

Mueller, Lynette,
197
–98

Mueller, Scott,
117
,
120

Mugabe, Robert,
14
,
243
,
245

Mugomeri, Stephen,
235

Murdoch, Rupert,
94

Murphy, John,
29
,
50
,
52
,
53
,
54
,
312

Myers, Greg,
94
,
101
–2,
103
,
132

poisoning of,
99
–100,
135

Mzezewa, Keneas:

as amputation patient,
17
–18,
231
–32

medically induced paralysis of,
13
,
18
–19,
231
,
236
,
238
–39,
242
,
289
,
292

Mzume Mission Hospital,
236
,
239

Nall, Bob,
103

National Emergency Service, Inc.,
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–15,
140
,
205
–6
n

National Enquirer
,
43
,
46

National Practitioner Data Bank,
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,
184
,
188
,
206
,
208

establishment of,
166
–68

ineffectiveness of,
298
–300

Nazis, Nazism,
59
,
80

NBC,
41

NBC Nightly News
,
42

Newport News
Daily Press
,
221

Newsday
,
218
,
223
,
224
,
287

Newsweek
,
252

New York
Daily News
,
286
–87

New York Times
,
73
,
161
,
163

Nguyen Ngoc Loan,
41
,
267

Nguyen Van Thieu,
41

Ngwenya, Edith,
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–36,
240
,
246
,
283
,
307

nicotine poisoning,
199
,
304
,
307

Nightline
,
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,
162
,
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Northern, Richard “Hap,”
36

Northport Veterans Administration Medical Center,
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–16,
217
–19,
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n
,
304
,
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,
307

nurses:

at Mnene Mission Hospital,
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–20,
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,
231
–32,
235
,
236
,
239
–40,
246
,
263

at Mpilo Hospital,
250

at Ohio State University Hospitals,
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–65,
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,
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,
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–70,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
122
–23,
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,
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,
128
–29,
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,
146
,
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,
149

as serial killers,
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at USD,
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–81,
184
,
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,
192
–93

Nyanga, Zimbabwe,
280
–81

O’Connor, Kathleen,
49
–51

O’Donnell, Kevin,
134
,
153

O’Hare, Lynette,
258
–84

poisoning of,
273
,
282
–83,
293
,
306

Swango as tenant of,
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–79

Swango feared by,
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–79

Swango’s first meeting with,
259
–60

Swango’s relationship with,
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,
273
–74,
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,
279
–80

O’Hare, Paulette,
258
–60,
263
,
272
,
283

Ohio State Medical Board,
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effectiveness of,
163
–64

OSU Hospitals investigations and,
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–8,
114
,
115
,
116
,
117
,
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,
127
,
144
,
152
–53,
163

Swango granted medical license by,
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–90,
127

Swango’s license suspended by,
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,
167
,
174

Ohio State University (OSU),
71
,
118

Ohio State University Hospitals,
14
,
56
–90,
174
,
206
,
226
,
309

fundraising campaign of,
71
–72

in monetary settlement for suspicious deaths,
144
–45

prestige of,
58
,
71
–72,
171

Residency Review Committee of,
60
,
88

staff hierarchy at,
58

Swango investigations at,
see
Swango investigations, at Ohio State University Hospitals

Ohio State University Hospitals, suspicious deaths investigation at,
144
–53,
177
,
300
,
306

conclusions of, vs. conclusions of Cooper incident and Meeks inquiry,
145
–49

criticisms of,
150
–51,
311

final report of,
151
–53

investigators in,
144
,
149
–51

press and,
152

witnesses interviewed in,
144
–49

Ohio State University police department,
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–14,
116
–17,
120
–25,
129
,
139
,
144
–53,
237
,
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undercover investigation of OSU Hospitals by,
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–9,
111
,
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–22,
126

Ohio Valley Medical Center,
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–60

Oliver, Matt,
230
,
244
,
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,
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One by One
(Lee),
104

Options,
226

pathology,
29
,
50

patients:

lawsuits of,
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,
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–61,
287
n
,
314

medically induced paralysis of,
13
,
18
–19,
67
–69,
75
,
77
,
209
,
231
,
236
,
238
–39,
242
,
289
,
292

Swango’s apparent indifference to death of,
33
,
50
,
63
,
64
,
85
,
216
,
294

Swango’s indifference to care of,
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,
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–31,
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,
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,
50
,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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Swango’s suspicious actions around,
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–67,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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,
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–34,
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,
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see also
suspicious deaths

Patrick, Timothy,
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–63,
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–65

Paulson, George,
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,
148

Payne, LeeAnne,
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–52,
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,
261
–63,
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–78

peer review,
81
,
162
–66,
299

Pereny, Evelyn,
85
,
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,
149
–50

Phoenix Program,
41
–42,
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Photocircuits,
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,
288
,
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Pirl, Jeorg,
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poisons, poisoning:

ant,
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,
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,
133
,
282

arsenic,
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–86,
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–105,
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–37,
145
,
149
,
195
,
282
–83,
296
,
304

epinephrine,
307
–8

nicotine,
199
,
304
,
307

potassium chloride,
238
,
304

ricin,
27
,
125
,
146
–47,
149
–50,
304

tests for,
149
–50,
304
,
307

see also
Swango poisoning case

Police
,
110

Poor Man’s James Bond, The
,
103
,
104

Popko, Anna Mae,
85

Popko, Mary,
85

potassium chloride,
238
,
304

Prentice, Robert,
48
–49

Project Concern International,
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Provenzano, Jerome,
169
,
170

Prunte, Thomas,
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psychiatry,
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–5,
289

psychopaths:

definition of,
290

see also
serial killers

Public Citizen’s Health Research Group,
300

Pulp Fiction
,
252

Quincy, Ill.,
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,
28
,
36
,
91

as author’s hometown,
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–89

police department of,
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–7,
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–11,
114

Quincy College,
25
,
26
–27,
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,
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,
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,
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Quincy
(Ill.)
Herald-Whig
,
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,
36
,
42
,
46
,
105
,
115

Quincy High School,
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Quincy Notre Dame High School,
98

Reader’s Digest
,
253

Reagan, Ronald,
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,
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ricin poisoning,
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,
125
,
146
–47,
149
–50,
304

Riffe, Vernal G., Jr.,
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Risley, Joe,
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–68,
72
,
75
,
90
,
128
,
149

Ritchie, Anne,
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–58,
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–65,
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Swango suspected of Barrick’s death by,
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–65,
69
,
120
,
146

Rockefeller, Nelson,
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Roddick, William,
50
–52

Rohal, John,
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Rosenthal, James,
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,
28
,
29
,
33
,
54

Swango and,
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,
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,
48
,
50
–52,
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St. John’s Hospital (Springfield, Ill.),
29

St. Mary’s Hospital (Quincy, Ill.),
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,
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St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company,
74