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A Florida Nurse Told a Premature Baby’s Oxygen Alarm to “Shut Up” and Muted It All Night While He Struggled to Breathe, Police Say

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The baby was born at 24 weeks and needed oxygen monitored all night. Home cameras caught the nurse silencing the alarm again and again while his levels kept dropping, police say. His parents didn’t find out until morning. Home surveillance captured Sharlene Janet Pflugrad, 65, muting a premature infant’s pulse oximeter throughout an overnight shift on September 15, 2025, according to a Cape Coral Police Department affidavit. Investigators review…

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Thought Catalog broke the news on Friday, July 24, 2026.
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