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Harold shipman: seeking death instead of treatment

"Dr death"Most commonly known by Harold Shipman, was a British doctor born on January 14, 1946, Nottingham, England and died January 13, 2004, Wakefield; also...

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"Dr death"

Most commonly known by Harold Shipman, was a British doctor born on January 14, 1946, Nottingham, England and died January 13, 2004, Wakefield; also known for being one of the deadliest serial killers in history. I know it seems unbelievable; how would a doctor be THAT horrible, it doesn't make sense right? and if some of you find his story relatable, then seeing a therapist won't hurt. Let's get into the story without further ado.

Harold murdered about 250 of his patients, according to an official inquiry into his crimes. In 2000 he was declared guilty on 15 counts of murder and sentenced to life in prison; he died due to suicide four years later.

Harold Shipman Seeking Death Instead Of Treatment

A criminal's life

Harold was born into a financially moderate family in Manchester, a brilliant child who was interested in medicine, as he watched his mother inject morphine to ease the pain she suffered while dying from lung cancer. In 1966 he got married to Primose Oxtoby, later having four children.
Shipman received a medical degree from Leeds University in 1970, and a few years later, he became a general practitioner in Todmorden, Lancashire. In 1975, after it was discovered that he had written multiple fraudulent prescriptions for the opiate pethidine, to which he had become addicted, he was forced out of his practice and into drug rehabilitation.

In 1977, he found work as a general practitioner in the town of Hyde in Greater Manchester, where he gained respect and developed a flourishing practice. Over the years complaints and suspicions about elderly people who died in his care, but of course for someone as bright as him, the police closed the investigation after several months of searching due to insufficient evidence.