A 20-year-old nurse was arrested after self-administering propofol on her first day at a dermatology clinic in Gangnam, Seoul.
According to the Gangnam Police Station, the woman, identified as A, was apprehended on July 2 for violating the Narcotics Control Act.
A is accused of injecting herself with propofol in a bathroom at the clinic.
It was revealed that she committed the act on her first day of work, transferring propofol from a discarded syringe found in the clinic's waste storage to another syringe for her own use.
Propofol is a medical anesthetic used for general or sedation anesthesia during surgeries and various examinations.
The police have filed charges against A without detention and are investigating the circumstances of the incident, including whether she has a history of habitual propofol use.
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