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Nursing Aide Accused of Giving Pot to Patient
Comments 0 | Recommend 0The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has arrested a certified nursing assistant after she was accused of giving a patient marijuana while employed at a Blountville, Tenn., Healthcare Facility.
Michelle A. Wilmer, 23 of Bristol, was indicted by a Sullivan County Grand Jury on one count of Abuse, Neglect, or Exploitation of a dependent adult and one count of Simple Possession of a Controlled Substance.
She worked at Graystone Healthcare, 181 Dunlap Road, Blountville, TN when the abuse occurred at the end of May 2007. Wilmer is accused of giving a patient marijuana. When the patient ingested the substance, it had implications on the patient’s current medical condition. The TBI’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit investigated the case.
Wilmer was booked into the Sullivan County Tennessee Correctional Facility.
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