Hospital RN Indicted in a Drunk Driving Crash

A RN who works at Mercy Fairfield Hospital in Cincinnati, Ohio was indicted in a drunk driving crash in downtown Cincinnati earlier this month. One person was killed and another was critically injured in the crash. See the link to the article in the Cincinnati Enquirer at http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070919/NEWS01/309190018/1056/COL02.

This is the second article ran by the Cincinnati Enquirer within the last week involving criminal charges and Cincinnati area registered nurses. An article appeared in Cincinnati Enquirer on Saturday, September 15th regarding an RN who was charged with diverting narcotics while wasting the medication with an Ohio Board of Pharmacy representative.

You are innocent until proven guilty in our Criminal Justice System. Therefore do you think newspapers should mention the profession or occupation of a defendant? Does this make the story more or less news worthy? Does the public have a right or interest in knowing this type of information?