Mother charged, accused of contaminating child’s IV

CINCINNATI (AP) — A West Virginia woman is accused of deliberately making her 9-year-old sick by contaminating the child’s IV at a Cincinnati hospital.

Hamilton County Prosecutor Joe Deters says 35-year-old Candida Fluty, of Kermit, W.Va., was indicted today in Cincinnati on two counts each of felonious assault and child endangering. Deters’ release says Fluty could face up to eight years in prison if convicted of all charges.

Deters says the child has a congenital condition affecting the bowels that has required numerous surgeries. The child was in a Cincinnati Hospital this month when Deters says fecal matter was put in the IV, causing the child’s fever to spike.

The child is in the custody of West Virginia Children’s Services.