The West
Australian
24 March 2019
Does Perth have a date rape syringe fiend? Three
people attacked with needles in Northbridge
An 18-year-old has
described the terrifying moment she woke in the bathroom of a Northbridge club
unable to move or speak after she suspects she was stabbed with a needle
containing a stupefying “date rape” drug. […] It was one of three alleged
needle attacks in Northbridge on the weekend — with a man turning up to Royal
Perth Hospital about the same time as Shayna [Karniewicz] on Friday evening, saying he was stabbed
in the arm while walking near the WA Museum site. Another teenage girl went to
RPH on Saturday night with similar symptoms to Shayna, allegedly after an
incident at The Court Hotel. […]
The West Australian
25 March 2019
WA Police investigate alleged ‘date rape’ needle attack in
Northbridge
An owner of a Northbridge club
where a teenager feared she was stabbed with a needle claims CCTV does not show
anyone grabbing her arm as she walked through the venue on Friday evening. […] CCTV
from the club does show the teen clutch her right arm and turn to look behind
her as she nears the bathroom. Several minutes later security staff are called
to the bathroom and help carry her outside. […]
Daily Mail [UK]
26 March 2019
'Her eyes were rolling around in her head': Disturbing moment
teenager 'stabbed with a date rape needle before waking up in a bathroom unable
to speak or see' is carried limply from a nightclub
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Manila Bulletin [Philippines]
25 March 2019
NCRPO brands shabu planting of valet parking boys as a hoax
The National Capital Region Police
Office (NCRPO) has branded as a hoax a circulating social media post about the
alleged ‘shabu-planting’ scheme of valet parking boys of a posh hotel in
Manila. […] The circulating message alleges that the valet parking attendant
would plant at least two sachets of shabu [methamphetamine] inside the vehicle.
They would then tip the nearby policemen conducting checkpoint about the
alleged illegal drugs. The cops would then allegedly extort money from the car
owner. The negotiation for the dropping of charges would allegedly start at
P500,000. […]
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The Local [France]
26 March 2019
Fake child-snatching rumours in Paris spark attacks on Roma
French police have arrested 20
people after a series of attacks on ethnic Roma people in the suburbs of Paris
following false rumours that they had abducted children, a police source told AFP
on Tuesday. The violence on Monday night occurred in Clichy-sous-Bois and
Bobigny, deprived suburbs northeast of Paris, but no injuries were reported,
the source said on condition of anonymity. The confrontations appeared to have
been sparked by false reports of individuals driving a white van who had
attempted to kidnap young women or children in the area. […]
France24
28 March 2019
Roma in France seek police protection after viral rumours
spur attacks
Ethnic Roma leaders called for
round-the-clock police protection for their communities on Wednesday in Paris
after a series of vigilante attacks sparked by false reports of attempted
kidnappings. […]
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Three recent reports of
unextraordinary “baby booms” involving nurses.
KNXV-TV [Phoenix, AZ]
17 August 2018
16 nurses pregnant at same
time at Banner hospital in Mesa
Associated Press
MESA, AZ - A baby boom is brewing at a suburban
Arizona hospital where 16 intensive care nurses recently discovered they are
all pregnant. The nurses at Banner Desert Medical Center in Mesa outside
Phoenix joked Friday they thought there was something in the water when it
became clear they were all expecting babies between October and January. […]
Today
19 July 2018
The 'Fabulous 6-Pack': 6
nurses at one hospital are pregnant at same time
They are a tight-knit group of nurses who love caring
for their patients at the Comprehensive Cancer Center at Wake Forest Baptist
Medical Center in North Carolina. But these nurses — now dubbed the
"Fabulous Six-Pack" — have something other than oncology care in
common: They are all pregnant. […] For now, their
pregnancies remain a popular topic of gossip among their patients. “Of course,
they say, ‘Is there something in the water?’” […]
WMTV [Portland, ME]
25 March 2019
Baby boom! 9 nurses in Maine hospital's labor unit expecting
at same time
PORTLAND, Maine — Maine Medical
Center is about to have a baby boom. Nine nurses who work at the hospital's
labor and delivery unit are expecting babies in the next few months. […]
Maine Medical Center
25 March 2019
Portland Press Herald [ME]
29 March 2019
Maine Med’s Emergency Dept. also to experience a baby boom
Just days after nurses in Maine
Medical Center’s Labor and Delivery Unit announced that nine of them in the
unit were pregnant, their colleagues in the hospital’s Emergency Department
went public with even bigger news. Melanie Ann Smithgall, who works as a
registered nurse in the Portland hospital’s ER Department, posted a photograph
Wednesday on her Facebook page that shows nine pregnant co-workers. […] “Don’t
drink the water in the ER at Maine Medical Center,” Smithgall warned in her
Facebook post. […]
