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Utah nurse arrested... for doing her job!

Updated on: 03 September,2017 12:14 PM IST  |  Salt Lake City
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A nurse at a Utah hospital was assaulted by a police officer last month after declining to allow him to obtain a sample of an unconscious patient's blood because he had neither a warrant nor the patient's consent, media reported

Utah nurse arrested... for doing her job!

Alex Wubbels
Alex Wubbels


A nurse at a Utah hospital was assaulted by a police officer last month after declining to allow him to obtain a sample of an unconscious patient's blood because he had neither a warrant nor the patient's consent, media reported.


Alex Wubbels was dragged out of the hospital after she refused to take blood samples from an unconscious patient. Pics/AP
Alex Wubbels was dragged out of the hospital after she refused to take blood samples from an unconscious patient. Pics/AP


After the University of Utah Hospital nurse, Alex Wubbels, and her attorneys released dramatic video of the arrest, prosecutors called for a criminal investigation and Salt Lake City police put Detective Jeff Payne on paid administrative leave Friday.

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