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(AP) A doctor leading a group therapy session gave participants drugs and other substances that killed two and left 10 hospitalized, Berlin police said Sunday. One person was left comatose and in critical condition.
The doctor who led the session has acknowledged giving the participants various substances and drugs during the meeting, Martin Steltner, a spokesman for the Berlin prosecutor's office, told The Associated Press on Sunday. It was not clear whether illegal drugs were given and whether the substances were injected or taken orally.
A police statement said autopsies have been carried out on the two dead people but "the chemical-toxicological investigation will take a while."
Police said the session took place in a house and medical practice in the leafy Hermsdorf neighborhood in the north of Berlin. The 50-year-old doctor who worked there was detained and a homicide division was investigating the case, police said.
The doctor, his 41-year-old wife, who runs a practice for alternative medicine in the same building, and 12 other people attended the session Saturday, according to a police statement.
"During the session, which lasted several hours, he supposedly gave the patients various kinds of substances and drugs that initially led to reactions like nausea and vomiting," the statement said.
When the symptoms got worse, one of the participants called emergency services, according to the statement.
When police and ambulance cars arrived at the practice, they found twelve people who appeared to have been severely poisoned, it said.
A 59-year-old man died at the scene and a 28-year-old man died that night in the hospital, police said.
On Sunday afternoon, nine other people were released from the hospital. One patient was still in critical condition.
On the Internet, the doctor identifies himself as a psychotherapist for individuals and groups. He specializes in "depth psychology, bodywork and art therapy, and spiritual crises," according to the Web site.
Two death after patients 'given drugs by psychotherapists'
Toxicology tests are being carried out on two people who died from severe poisoning during a group therapy session in Berlin.
Therapy Session Deaths
10:16am UK, Monday September 21, 2009
Toxicology tests are being carried out on two people who died from severe poisoning during a group therapy session in Berlin.
Psychotherapist practice in Berlin where two died from poisoning
The psychotherapy session was held in a house in a leafy Berlin suburb
Another ten people were taken to hospital after they were allegedly given a cocktail of drugs by the doctor leading the session in a private practice.
The 50-year-old psychotherapist has been detained by police and admitted to giving the group a mix of medication.
"During the session, which lasted several hours, he supposedly gave the patients various kinds of substances and drugs that initially led to reactions like nausea and vomiting," a police statement said.
When the symptoms got worse, one of the participants called emergency services.
They arrived at the practice to find twelve people who appeared to have been severely poisoned, the statement said.
A 59-year-old man died at the scene and a 28-year-old man died in the hospital.
Nine patients were released from hospital on Sunday afternoon but one remains in a critical care ward in a coma.
Police said autopsies had been carried out on the two people who died but "the chemical-toxicological investigation will take a while".
It is not clear whether illegal drugs were given and whether the substances were injected or taken orally.
The fatal therapy session took place in a house and medical practice in the leafy Hermsdorf neighbourhood in the north of Berlin.
On his website, the doctor identifies himself as a psychotherapist for individuals and groups who specialises in "depth psychology, bodywork and art therapy, and spiritual crises".
The doctor, his 41-year-old wife, and 12 other people attended the therapy session, according to police.
His wife runs a practice for alternative medicine in the same building.
source: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/09/ ... 4478.shtml
The doctor who led the session has acknowledged giving the participants various substances and drugs during the meeting, Martin Steltner, a spokesman for the Berlin prosecutor's office, told The Associated Press on Sunday. It was not clear whether illegal drugs were given and whether the substances were injected or taken orally.
A police statement said autopsies have been carried out on the two dead people but "the chemical-toxicological investigation will take a while."
Police said the session took place in a house and medical practice in the leafy Hermsdorf neighborhood in the north of Berlin. The 50-year-old doctor who worked there was detained and a homicide division was investigating the case, police said.
The doctor, his 41-year-old wife, who runs a practice for alternative medicine in the same building, and 12 other people attended the session Saturday, according to a police statement.
"During the session, which lasted several hours, he supposedly gave the patients various kinds of substances and drugs that initially led to reactions like nausea and vomiting," the statement said.
When the symptoms got worse, one of the participants called emergency services, according to the statement.
When police and ambulance cars arrived at the practice, they found twelve people who appeared to have been severely poisoned, it said.
A 59-year-old man died at the scene and a 28-year-old man died that night in the hospital, police said.
On Sunday afternoon, nine other people were released from the hospital. One patient was still in critical condition.
On the Internet, the doctor identifies himself as a psychotherapist for individuals and groups. He specializes in "depth psychology, bodywork and art therapy, and spiritual crises," according to the Web site.
Two death after patients 'given drugs by psychotherapists'
Toxicology tests are being carried out on two people who died from severe poisoning during a group therapy session in Berlin.
Therapy Session Deaths
10:16am UK, Monday September 21, 2009
Toxicology tests are being carried out on two people who died from severe poisoning during a group therapy session in Berlin.
Psychotherapist practice in Berlin where two died from poisoning
The psychotherapy session was held in a house in a leafy Berlin suburb
Another ten people were taken to hospital after they were allegedly given a cocktail of drugs by the doctor leading the session in a private practice.
The 50-year-old psychotherapist has been detained by police and admitted to giving the group a mix of medication.
"During the session, which lasted several hours, he supposedly gave the patients various kinds of substances and drugs that initially led to reactions like nausea and vomiting," a police statement said.
When the symptoms got worse, one of the participants called emergency services.
They arrived at the practice to find twelve people who appeared to have been severely poisoned, the statement said.
A 59-year-old man died at the scene and a 28-year-old man died in the hospital.
Nine patients were released from hospital on Sunday afternoon but one remains in a critical care ward in a coma.
Police said autopsies had been carried out on the two people who died but "the chemical-toxicological investigation will take a while".
It is not clear whether illegal drugs were given and whether the substances were injected or taken orally.
The fatal therapy session took place in a house and medical practice in the leafy Hermsdorf neighbourhood in the north of Berlin.
On his website, the doctor identifies himself as a psychotherapist for individuals and groups who specialises in "depth psychology, bodywork and art therapy, and spiritual crises".
The doctor, his 41-year-old wife, and 12 other people attended the therapy session, according to police.
His wife runs a practice for alternative medicine in the same building.
source: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/09/ ... 4478.shtml
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