Two doctors and a nurse from the St. Pantelimon Emergency Hospital in Bucharest have been arrested in connection with suspicious deaths in the ICU.

In mid-April, 17 people died within four days in the Intensive Care Unit.

The charges include aggravated murder and attempted murder in the case of the doctors, and perjury for the nurse who is involved in the investigation.

Prosecutors have alleged that the crime was premeditated, indicating that the doctors conspired to abruptly reduce the dose of noradrenaline in patients causing cardio-respiratory arrest.

According to one prosecutor, “One of the defendants voluntarily reduced the dose of norepinephrine to a patient who was in a quite serious condition”.

The three doctors and the nurse faced intense questioning for hours by homicide detectives and prosecutors.

The nurse involved allegedly lied to investigators despite being heard three times in the case as a witness.

Nearly four months after the scandal erupted and after three parallel investigations, including one by the control body that revealed communication issues, Health Minister Alexandru Rafila has called for the hospital’s management to resign.

Romanian Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu expressed that “The important thing is that we uncover these things. Let those who do this go to jail”.​

The investigation began in April after an ICU nurse alleged that 17 people, aged between 42 and 92, had died.

Romania’s Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu said the perpetrators of the crime should face jail if found guilty.

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Egypt instructed all of its airlines to avoid Iranian airspace for three hours in the early morning on Thursday amid tension between Israel and Iran.

The NOTAM, a safety notice provided to pilots on Wednesday, said the instruction would be in effect from 0100 to 0400 GMT. It provided no further details as to why the notice was issued.

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“All Egyptian carriers shall avoid overflying Tehran (Flight Information Region). No flight plan will be accepted overflying such territory,” the notice said, referring to the three-hour period specified.

Egypt’s civil aviation ministry later confirmed on Wednesday the notice was intended to reduce flight-safety risks in light of a notification it received from Iranian authorities.

“Military exercises will be conducted over Iranian airspace on Aug. 7 from 11:30 to 14:30 and from 4:30 to 7:30 on Aug. 8 Tehran time,” the statement said.

The ministry’s press statement followed an unnamed source quoted by the state-affiliated Al Qahera News TV as saying that Iranian authorities had said to avoid flying in Iranian airspace because of “military exercises.”

Many airlines are revising their schedules to avoid Iranian and Lebanese airspace while also calling off flights to Israel and Lebanon as many fear a possible broader conflict after the killing of senior members of militant groups Hamas and Hezbollah.

“Such a NOTAM from Egypt is very unusual. It is possible that this is an indicator of an Iranian response to Israel, and in turn a potentially large set of airspace disruptions – at the same time, there may be another reason,” OPSGROUP, a membership-based organization that shares flight-risk information, said.

On Sunday, Jordanian authorities asked all airlines landing at its airports to carry 45 minutes’ worth of extra fuel.

Countries in the region, including Jordan, closed their airspace earlier this year amidst aerial attacks on Israel.