The Malmö Östra hospital murders were a

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case of serial murders committed by the 18-year-old Anders Hansson at a hospital in

Malmö Malmö (, ; da, Malmø ) is the largest city in the Swedish county (län) of Scania (Skåne). It is the third-largest city in Sweden, after Stockholm and Gothenburg, and the sixth-largest city in the Nordic region, with a municipal populat ...

between October 1978 and January 1979. Hansson poisoned elderly patients during his working hours as an

orderly In healthcare, an orderly (also known as a ward assistant, nurse assistant or healthcare assistant) is a hospital attendant whose job consists of assisting medical and nursing staff with various nursing and medical interventions. The highest ro ...

with the detergents Gevisol and Ivisol. At the long-term care part of the hospital, a total of 27 patients were poisoned to death, with at least 15 confirmed victims. Another 15 patients were also victims of attempted murder. In August 1979, Hansson was sentenced to closed psychiatric treatment, where he remained until 1994.

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