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Video: Utah Police Arrest Nurse for Refusing to Draw Blood from Unconscious Patient

HeadlineSep 05, 2017

Back in the United States, shocking police body camera video has surfaced of police arresting a nurse in Utah for refusing an officer’s demand that she draw a blood sample from an unconscious car crash patient. The police attacked nurse Alex Wubbels, arrested her, and forced her out of the hospital and into an unmarked car on July 26. After the footage surfaced last Thursday, the hospital says police will no longer be permitted in patient-care areas, such as the burn unit where Wubbels was working that day.

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