Nurse pleads not guilty to amputating dying man's foot without his OK or doctors' orders

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https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mary-k-brown-nurse-not-guilty-plea-amputating-mans-foot-wisconsin/

Nurse pleads not guilty to amputating dying man's foot without his OK or doctors' orders

FEBRUARY 17, 2023 / 6:44 AM / CBS/AP

A western Wisconsin nurse accused of amputating a hospice patient's frostbitten foot without his consent and without doctor's orders pleaded not guilty Thursday.

A lawyer for 38-year-old Mary K. Brown, of Durand, Wisconsin, entered pleas of not guilty for her to charges of mayhem, physical abuse of an elderly person and intentionally abusing a patient, causing great bodily harm, WEAU-TV and WQOW-TV reported.

After she cut off the man's right foot on May 27, Brown told her colleagues that she wanted to display it at her family's taxidermy shop with a sign that said: "Wear your boots kids," according to charges filed in Pierce County.

The amputation happened May 27, and within about a week the 62-year-old man was dead. A criminal complaint gave no indication the amputation was a factor in his death.

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1. I had never heard about this?!

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WTF??? Not guilty? OMG. She doesn’t work there anymore, but I’d like to know she doesn’t have a license

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2. I remember hearing about it.

Weirdest story in a long time. I hadn't heard that the patient died.

I'd like to know how it took 9 months to get her in front of a judge.

Also strange that she's charged with mayhem and abusing a patient. Mayhem? I'm not sure amputating a foot without permission is mere abuse, either. How is this not flat out assault? With a deadly weapon?