'ANGEL' CRONY'S LICENSE LIFTED.Byline: Helen Gao Staff Writer GLENDALE - A judge has temporarily suspended the license of a respiratory therapist who worked alongside the ``Angel of Death,'' Efren Saldivar Efren Saldivar (born 30 September 1969) is an American serial killer who murdered patients while working as a respiratory therapist. Early life Born in Brownsville, Texas, he graduated from the College of Medical and Dental Careers in North Hollywood, California in 1988. , but who authorities said failed to report him for killing patients at Glendale Adventist Medical Center Glendale Adventist Medical Center is located in the Los Angeles suburb of Glendale, California. It was founded in 1905. Glendale Adventist Medical Center is a sister institution of Loma Linda University Medical Center and is a part of the Seventh-day Adventist hospital system. . Administrative Law Judge administrative law judge n. a professional hearing officer who works for the government to preside over hearings and appeals involving governmental agencies. They are generally experienced in the particular subject matter of the agency involved or of several agencies. H. Stuart Waxman has granted the petition by the state Respiratory Care Board to immediately suspend the license of Ursula Anderson, said Liane li·an·a also li·ane n. Any of various climbing, woody, usually tropical vines. [Alteration of French liane, probably from lier, to bind, from Old French; see liable.] Zimmerman, the board's assistant executive officer. Zimmerman also said Monday that another hearing will take place later to consider further disciplinary actions against Anderson, who most recently worked at Queen of Angels-Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center. Anderson could not be reached Monday for comment. The Respiratory Care Board's legal proceedings All actions that are authorized or sanctioned by law and instituted in a court or a tribunal for the acquisition of rights or the enforcement of remedies. against Anderson come two months after Saldivar was sentenced to six life prison terms, without the possibility of parole, for murdering six patients with fatal injections. Anderson, who worked the graveyard shift graveyard shift n. 1. A work shift that runs during the early morning hours, as from midnight to 8 a.m. 2. The workers on such a shift. Noun 1. alongside Saldivar and had a relationship with him, knew Saldivar was killing patients and even provided him with drugs, according to the petition filed by the Respiratory Care Board. ``By her own admission, (Anderson) has assisted in murders of one or more patients by Efren Saldivar and took no steps to prevent harm to patients by Efren Saldivar on other occasions,'' said the board's petition. According to the document, Anderson saw Saldivar inject at least one patient through an I.V., discussed with him his criteria for selecting victims and on one occasion gave him succinylcholine chloride succinylcholine chloride (suk´s  nil-kō´lēn),n - a drug authorities said Saldivar used to kill patients. Anderson was not criminally prosecuted in the Saldivar case because she cooperated with police in exchange for immunity, officials said. At the hearing on the suspension of her license, held Thursday, Waxman said in his ruling that Anderson offered neither evidence nor arguments on her behalf. ``There can be little question that respondent aided and abetted Saldivar in his crimes,'' he concluded. ``This case is an extraordinary example of grounds for suspension ... ``Respondent was responsible for ensuring proper respiratory care for hospitalized patients. She not only failed to provide that care, but by her inaction, she allowed them to be murdered under the guise of receiving proper respiratory therapy respiratory therapy Medical profession concerned with assisting the respiratory function of individuals who have severe lung disorders. Practices include suctioning to clear secretions from the airway, use of aerosol mists (sometimes medicated) or gases to ease breathing, .'' Zimmerman said in addition to Anderson, the board plans to pursue disciplinary action against other respiratory therapists in the Saldivar case. |
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