A medical examiner noticed the foot of the person was not attached to his body but instead laying beside him at the funeral home.
ELLSWORTH, Wis. - A Wisconsin nurse is facing charges after a patient’s foot was amputated without permission, according to criminal charges filed on Nov. 3 in Pierce County Circuit Court.38-year-old Mary K. Brown of Durand is charged with physical abuse of an elder person intentionally causing great bodily harm and mayhem, with both charges carrying enhancers due to the victim being an elderly person, according to online court records.
The Pierce County Medical Examiner called for an autopsy after noticing that the foot of the person, a 62-year-old man, was not attached to his body but laying beside him at the funeral home. The Medical Examiner found that the man had been admitted to the nursing home in March after he had fallen in his home when the heat went out and had severe frostbite on both of his feet. According to the man’s medical chart, his foot was amputated in May.
Once the foot was removed, Brown instructed staff to place it in a freezer to preserve it. Multiple witnesses said that Brown intended to taxidermy and bronze the foot “as a reminder to wear your boots,” which one nurse described as “weird.” One nurse said that they needed to report the incident to the facility’s administrators and to the police.
Brown also did not have permission from the man to perform the amputation, according to the criminal complaint. The facility director said Brown did not document the incident, and the procedure should have been done by a doctor. The facility’s administrator said that Brown did not report the incident, and the man’s chart had a number of missing entries, including on the day of the amputation.
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