Good Samaritan Nurse Says She Doesn't Have Hepatitis C

PUYALLUP, WA - The nurse accused of infecting two Good Samaritan emergency room patients with Hepatitis C held a press conference Tuesday to announced that she does not have Hepatitis C, and never used a dirty needle on a patient.

"I never intentionally exposed anyone to Hepatitis C," Cora Weberg said, adding that she had undergone blood tests while employed at the hospital.

Weberg was arrested last Friday on assault charges filed by Puyallup police. She was later released from jail, and the Pierce County Prosecutor has decided not pursue those charges. Weberg has been fired from Good Samaritan and lost her nursing license on Monday.

Weberg said Tuesday that she had taken medications from the hospital, but only after the containers had been discarded. She wanted to use the medicine to commit suicide, she said.

Good Samaritan has asked 2,600 former ER patients to get tested for Hepatitis C. One of the two people infected with the disease at the hospital has filed a lawsuit against MultiCare, which operates the hospital.

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