The Bedroom Anesthetic

A doctor was hired to care for a wealthy client. For about two months he gave the client a powerful surgical anesthetic every night, at home, to help him sleep. The client said nothing else worked. The bedroom had none of the monitoring equipment a hospital uses with that drug. One morning the client died from it. The doctor says he drew up a syringe, left the room to make phone calls, and the patient injected the fatal dose himself. Involuntary manslaughter means causing death by gross carelessness, without intending harm.