DENVER—Hospital patients who say a surgery technician infected them with hepatitis C want a federal judge to let them be present during an upcoming interrogation with prosecutors and while she takes a blood test and polygraph.
Federal prosecutors oppose the patients’ request and say it would be unprecedented.
The case involves 26-year-old Kristen Parker, who pleaded guilty to stealing painkillers intended for hospital patients and refilling the contaminated needles with saline solution. She is expected to be sentenced in Jan. 22 and prosecutors are asking for a 20-year-sentence.
Parker’s attorney says her client is fine with the patients being present.
Parker worked at Rose Medical Center in Denver and then at Audubon Surgery Center in Colorado Springs.
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Information from: The Denver Post,
