Stanley Jagodowski was a 66-year-old Army veteran and patient at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Northampton, Massachusetts. On August 21, 1995, while hospitalized with complications from diabetes and after a prior leg amputation, Jagodowski cried out “Stop! Stop! You’re killing me” when a nurse was seen entering his room with a syringe. He initially said he was fine but needed emergency cardiac care about fifteen minutes later and then died; his daughter testified she later found him suddenly unconscious and helpless.

Jagodowski’s death became part of a cluster of unexpected patient fatalities at the VA that drew scrutiny to nurse Kristen Gilbert. Prosecutors later accused Gilbert of injecting lethal doses of epinephrine into patients to induce cardiac arrest; Jagodowski was one of four veterans she was charged with murdering and among several alleged attempts. Gilbert’s prosecution relied on coworker testimony and the spike in deaths during her shifts.

Does anyone have memories of the Northampton VA in 1995 or information about Jagodowski’s final days that could shed light on the events described?