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  1. Sep 26, 2024 · Prosecutors presented evidence of his deadly actions at Long Island Veterans Affairs Medical Center. He was charged with three murders from 1993. The court heard testimony about Swango's pattern of poisoning patients under his care.

  2. Nov 16, 1997 · Michael Swango is a convicted poisoner and a doctor whose patients keep dying. Why have hospitals around the country repeatedly put people under his care? By James B. Stewart. November 16,...

  3. Michael Joseph Swango (born James Michael Swango, [1] October 21, 1954) is an American serial killer and physician who is estimated to have been involved in as many as 60 fatal poisonings of patients and colleagues in the United States and Zimbabwe, although he admitted to causing only four deaths.

  4. Mar 1, 2004 · Incidents like the case of Michael Swango, where a serial killer remained responsible for patients years after colleagues began to be concerned about him, foster public distrust. Fear of litigation is one argument offered for keeping quiet about problem colleagues.

    • Erin Egan
    • 2004
  5. Sep 24, 2024 · Michael Swango's case exposed critical flaws in medical oversight and raised profound questions about patient safety. His actions violated fundamental ethical principles and legal standards governing medical practice.

  6. Mar 29, 2022 · Michael Swango is a convicted serial killer who used his position as a medical student, paramedic and later as a physician to poison colleagues and patients. He's serving three life sentences at the country's only supermax federal penitentiary in Florence, Colorado.

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  8. Sep 7, 2000 · Wearing prison blues and faded slippers, Mr. Swango stood in the courtroom and admitted that he murdered three of his patients at a Long Island hospital with lethal injections.

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