Shock in Berlin: Palliative doctor is said to have killed 15 patients!

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Ab dem 14. Juli 2025 wird das Berliner Landgericht einen beispiellosen Fall verhandeln, in dem ein Palliativarzt beschuldigt wird, mindestens 15 Menschen getötet zu haben. Die Anklage gegen den 40-jährigen Johannes M. geht davon aus, dass er in seiner Funktion als Arzt für einen Berliner Pflegedienst gehandelt hat und seine Patienten zum Teil ohne deren …
From July 14, 2025, the Berlin district court will negotiate an unprecedented case in which a palliative doctor is accused of killing at least 15 people. The indictment against 40-year-old Johannes M. assumes that he acted in his function as a doctor for a Berlin nursing service and some of his patients without their ... (Symbolbild/MB)

From July 14, 2025, the Berlin district court will negotiate an unprecedented case in which a palliative doctor is accused of killing at least 15 people. The indictment against 40-year-old Johannes M. assumes that he acted in his function as a doctor for a Berlin nursing service and some of his patients provided with a lethal mix of medication without their knowledge, which led to a rapid breathing arrest. This was announced by the press office of the Berlin criminal courts rbb24

The indictment is based on incidents between September 2021 and July 2024. The investigating authorities discovered that the victims were between 25 and 94 years old, and that there was a striking accumulation of deaths in a short time, the dead patients were mostly seriously ill. The investigators became aware of John M. by references from the nursing service, which led to an investigative unit called "Pan", which examined the allegations in detail Berliner Zeitung .

serious allegations and murder series

Johannes M. is not only accused of murder, but additional alleged homicides were also found, which expanded the indictment from originally ten to a total of 15 murders. The murder motif of the lust for murder was removed from the indictment; Instead, he is accused of insidious action. This could, if the allegations are obtained, the largest murder series of a doctor in Berlin rbb24

ethical challenges in palliative medicine

The case of John M. raises serious ethical questions in palliative medicine, a medical field that deals with improving the quality of life for patients with serious, often incurable diseases. In palliative medicine there are topics such as patient autonomy, therapy boundary, as well as the question of medical suicide and killing on request in the focus of current debates

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With 35 negotiation dates by January 28, 2026, this process is equivalent to a marathon that could make a significant contribution to clarifying the allegations and possibly to develop new guidelines in palliative care.

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