Potential victims of Asante drug diversion could be higher than indictment count

Medford police arrested a former Asante Rogue Regional Medical Center nurse last week for allegedly causing serious infections in 44 of her patients. The number of possible victims in the case may be higher.

Officials with the Medford Police Department say Dani Marie Schofield is suspected of replacing her patients’ liquid fentanyl, a synthetic opioid, with non-sterile tap water and causing dozens of potentially deadly bloodstream infections.

According to a grand jury indictment, those infections occurred between July of 2022 and July 2023. But a lawyer working on civil suits related to the case said more victims could fall outside of that timeframe.

Source: Potential victims of Asante drug diversion could be higher than indictment count | The Lund Report