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Scotland, Oct 17: Nursing profession in considered as a sacred one. The series of four crimes carried out by a Scottish nurse stained the ethics of the nursing profession. The nurse with a killer instinct murdered four elder patients by injecting them with lethal doses of insulin. The court heard the case yesterday.

The accused named Colin Norris hails from Glasgow even predicted the time one women would die. All the four elderly women died in the early hours when Norris was working. Norris was said to have told a colleague that that one of his patients was going to die that night he termed it as his luck that she should die in the night as he would have all the paperwork to do.

Robert Smith, QC, for the prosecution, said: “Staff nurse Colin Norris was not always happy working for the care of the elderly. The 31 year old accused denied all the complaints levelled against him. The alleged victims were Doris Ludlam, 80, from West Yorkshire; Bridget Bourke, 88, from Leeds; Irene Crookes, 79, also from Leeds and Ethel Hall,86, from Calverley. Another patient treated by him escaped the attempt and survived a coma.

One among the alleged victim, Ethel Hall, 86 was recovering from the fractured hip in November 2002 at Leads General Infirmary, her sudden death came after a week surprise the Doctor who attended her the previous day. Mr Smith told Newcastle Crown Court that: “Ethel Hall developed a catastrophic brain injury and coma from which she was never to recover.” Norris was a staff nurse on the ward and he also predicted that she would die during his night shift. Norris also told another Colleague: “ Whenever I did night shifts, someone always died.”

It was always in the morning time things went wrong and the prediction by Norris proved to be entirely correct. While commenting on the mental state of the accused the jury was told that Norris hated working with geriatric patients He liked the trauma work because of the excitement of it. He expressed this while during a placement at the Royal Victoria Infirmary in Dundee. He was also extremely unhappy about another placement at a nursing home in the city. The court was also told that while at Dundee University Norris attended lectures on diabetes about the use and dangers of insulin.

October, 17

Its all about Chocolate this Christmas, in a sweet announcement the confectionery giant Cadbury revealed to slash the cost of about three of its best selling chocolate bars by 40 percent from next month. This lip-smacking decision was taken as a Christmas promotion by the company. This announcement on one hand has brought smiles on the face of chocolate lovers, but on the other hand has triggered an alarm for health experts. The dietitians suggest this move to be scary for UKs health charts, as it was known that recently the country was named the second largest country with higher obesity problems in the world. Condemning this offer they think it will add more woes to the growing obesity rates.

Coming on strong, Tony Bilsborough of Cadbury Trebor Bassett said this sudden slash in the prices of chocolates are only for sometime, it’s a temporary move. This step was taken to build the sales; which will facilitates retailers to drive sales and offer people value for money. Its just a sweet gift for the coming Christmas festival, so there is nothing to panic. On being asked about the health hazards of this sweet delight he said, “There is nothing wrong with chocolate as part of a balanced diet. It is a little treat everyone enjoys from time to time. It’s well-documented that obese people do not overeat on chocolate bars. It is a multi-faceted issue and has a lot to do with other activities.”

The prices of Crunchies, Boosts and Double Deckers are said to be cut by 29p giving a tempting treat to all chocolate lovers. All these three variants are among the favourite chocolate varieties in UK. Commenting on this, nutritionist Carina Norris said, why we are promoting the high-fat high-sugar foods, we should back on the healthy food like fruits and vegetables. She said it is easy for one to get carried away by chocolates, but if its costlier then one has to think before buying.

Whatever the case may be this sugary offer will make this Christmas more chocolaty and sweet. Now what effect it will make to the health of people is another matter to look for but for the moment its chocolate all over, still the health experts have kept there fingers crossed.