Nurse assistant arrested for self-administering propofol on first day at work

A nurse assistant was arrested on Tuesday after she was caught injecting herself with propofol on her first day of work at a dermatology clinic in Seoul's Gangnam-gu.

Seoul Gangnam Police Station said the 20-something woman was arrested on charges of violating the Narcotics Control Act and is under investigation.

The nurse assistant is accused of self-administering the anesthetic drug after finding a leftover syringe inside a waste bin.

Propofol is a fast-acting intravenous sedative used to indu ...