Third-year Student At Ucla's Geffen School: Virginia Nguyen, Steals Ipad From Dying Patient

[China]

A medical student faces felony charges for the theft of an iPad that belonged to a cancer patient at the Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center.

The case represents a tragic intersection of the lives of two young women in their early 30s.

Hospitalized with an aggressive form of breast cancer, keeping her iPad at bedside, Natalie Packer went into cardiac arrest. It was during the Code Blue response to try to revive her that the iPad disappeared, according to her family.

Months later, authorities found the iPad in the possession of Virginia Nguyen, 32, identified as a third-year student at UCLA's Geffen School of Medicine. She has pleaded not guilty to charges of petty theft, grand theft of lost property, and also of computer access and fraud.

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Recovering the iPad was important for Packer's family, her uncle Sam Heller said, because in her final days she had been entering personal messages and information for her sister Nicole.

A few days after Natalie Packer's death, she activated Apple's finder app, and it discovered the iPad at the Medical Center. It also revealed that "Natalie's iPad" had been re-registered with Apple as "Virginia's iPad," Heller said.

It was at that point that the family contacted University Police. Ultimately, a detective obtained a search warrant for the re-registration information recorded wih Apple, revealing Nguyen's last name.

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Nguyen told a detective she picked up the iPad by mistake because it looked like hers, according to Heller's account of what Det. Ethan Shear told him.

"If you analyze it, it's a pretty lame defense," Heller said.

When a medical school graduate seeks licensing to practice medicine in California, a felony conviction would be a negative factor taken into consideration, said Cassandra Hockenson, spokesperson for the California Medical Board.

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"I am committed to providing social justice and healthcare for diverse populations," reads the summary line on Nguyen's page on the LinkedIn networking site. It also states she works as a Research Fellow at the Medical School. However, she is "not currently employed at UCLA," according to a statement issued by the University.

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Packer's family is baffled by the notion that a medical student would jeopardize a career for which she has worked so hard.

Packer, who worked in the front office of the NFL, was the kind of person who would have offered the iPad as a gift, Heller said, had she only known it was wanted so much.

http://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/l...edly-Stealing-From-Dying-Woman-274838051.html

 

[CbabyRKO]

Dumb fucking cunt. Glad she has shown her true colors. She's a piece of shit and doesn't deserve to be working with others. I mean if she was so callous as to steal from a woman as she was dying how much lower can you go?
She deserves every single thing that comes her way. Even if she loses everything she worked for, she made that choice the momen she decided to be a thief.

 

[WannaBeMaybe]

A hospital is a place where people are expected to act in good faith, and deliver quality care. Not steal from helpless patients.

What an idiot. I hope her career suffers in some way, due to this. Then she'll know not to mess around.

 

[cubby]

Packer's family is baffled by the notion that a medical student would jeopardize a career for which she has worked so hard.

I'm guessing they don't read on the DD. I ask myself that every time I see a news article about a cop, firefighter, schoolteacher who do such asinine things like theft, rape, child abuse and other crimes that will keep them from ever holding a job in their preferred profession, but they do them anyway. It is mindboggling.

 

[Sugar Cookie]

A medical student sentenced in connection with the case of an iPad that was taken from a dying patient at UCLA Medical Center said the device was removed by "mistake" because of a mixup involving its cover.

Virginia Nguyen shared her account for the first time in the wake of her no contest plea to a felony computer crime in an email to NBC4. Nguyen told NBC4 she took the iPad because it had a white, quilted cover "identical" to her iPad's cover.

"I am very remorseful for my terrible mistake about the tablet," wrote Nguyen, 32, in the email.
"I would never intentionally steal from a dying cancer patient and I am very sorry that it happened."

Earlier this month, she was sentenced to probation and 45 days of community service for a computer fraud count of altering or deleting data without permission. After one year, under the judge's sentencing order, she may seek to have the conviction reduced, thereby clearing her record of the felony.

A felony conviction, if it stood, could hamper a medical student's aspiration to become a licensed physician, according to the rules of the Medical Board of California. The family of Natalie Packer, unconvinced of Nguyen's remorse, contends Nguyen should not be allowed to practice medicine.

Packer's sister activated the "Find my iPhone" App, which located the iPad at the medical center. It also revealed that "Natalie's iPad" had been re-registered as "Virginia's iPad," Heller said.

Months later, when University Police contacted Nguyen on campus, the iPad was in her possession.

According to Nguyen, after being charged, she was placed on six month suspension by UCLA, and then after the case received media attention, was sent a dismissal letter. She said "it will be impossible" to be admitted to another medical school.

In September, UCLA confirmed that Nguyen no longer was employed at the Ronald Reagan Medical Center. Citing student confidentiality rights, the University declined to discuss her record or status at the medical school.

In her email, Nguyen wrote of being a foster child, and how her experience inspired her commitment to community service, including medical aid missions to Vietnam and involvement in mentoring programs for disadvantaged youth. She also takes pride in her cancer research work at the National Institutes of Health before being accepted to medical school.

"I made a huge mistake and I deserve to be punished. However, in this case, the punishment does not fit the crime," she wrote. "I'm not a horrible person. I just did something horribly stupid."

UCLA Medical Student Says Dying Patient's iPad Cover Led to “Terrible Mistake”

A medical student sentenced in connection with the case of an iPad that was taken from a dying patient at UCLA Medical Center said the device was removed by “mistake” because of a mixup involving its cover.

www.nbclosangeles.com

 

[Sejanus]

Dirty lowlife.
Let her only job now be that of a budget streetwalker.

 

[Sugar Cookie]

She is a liability and an idiot.

She should not be allowed to practice medicine.

 

[Doctor Slaughter]

True she made a mistake. Been there done that and made mistakes of idiocy that changed my life for the worse. I deserved it also. Very little empathy here.

 

[Sevens My Charm]

True she made a mistake. Been there done that and made mistakes of idiocy that changed my life for the worse. I deserved it also. Very little empathy here.

Attorney written

 

[Moonlightsea]

She can't be trusted...

 

[Doctor Slaughter]

Attorney written

Oh yeah

 

[Sugar Cookie]

She would tarnish any institutes name.

What exactly does she think her punishment should be?

 

[Sugar Cookie]

@Doctor Slaughter

I am intrigued tell me about your bad behavior.

 

[Doctor Slaughter]

@Doctor Slaughter

I am intrigued tell me about your bad behavior.

Just lies and manipulation of the past. Thief I am not.