Male nurse arrested for several deaths in a British hospital

A male nurse has been arrested again for poisoning patients at Stockport's Stepping Hill Hospital.

Greater Manchester Police said that Victorino Chua, 48 years old, was rearrested on suspicion of three counts of murder, 18 counts of causing grievous bodily harm and poisoning offences at the hospital.

The arrest is related to the tampering of medical records and the contamination of intravenous medicines.

He remains in police custody, for the time being.

Mr. Chua has been arrested on suspicion of the murder of patients Tracey Arden, 44 years old, Arnold Lancaster, 71 years old, and Alfred Derek Weaver, 83 years old, known to his family as Derek Weaver.

He is being questioned over the poisoning of other 18 people, five of whom have since died, some many months later.

Yet, the police said those five deaths were believed to be from natural causes.