Police refer 20 hospital staff over unprescribed anti-anxiety drugs

Police have referred the head of a nursing hospital, along with doctors and nurses, to prosecutors on suspicion of repeatedly administering unprescribed psychotropic drugs to patients.

The Seoul Jongam Police Station said Tuesday that it had referred 20 people, including the hospital chief, night-duty doctors and nurses, to the Seoul Northern District Prosecutors’ Office without detention on charges of violating the Narcotics Control Act and the Medical Service Act.

They are accused of arbitrari ...