Security at the hospital has been increased A hospital worker has been arrested on suspicion of murder after the deaths of three patients in Greater Manchester.
The 26-year-old woman is being questioned over the deaths of two men and a woman, at Stepping Hill Hospital in Stockport.She was arrested at her home earlier. Police believe insulin was deliberately injected into saline containers.
Sixty detectives have been involved in the inquiry and officers have questioned more than 50 people so far.
Greater Manchester Police believe insulin was injected into saline containers that were used by at least two wards at the hospital.
Tracey Arden, 44, George Keep, 84, and Arnold Lancaster, 71, have all died at the hospital in the past month.
A fourth patient - a man in his 40s - remains critically ill.
Hospital staff have been told to work in pairs to check and administer drugs, as a result of the incidents.
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