Netflix's The Nurse True Story: Where are real Pernille Kurzman & Christina Aistrup Hansen now?

Netflix's The Nurse is a true story based on Danish nurse Christina Aistrup Hansen who was charged with a 12-year sentence for four counts of attempted manslaughter in May 2017

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Ever since it was released OTT Giant Netflix on April 27, 2023, The Nurse has been among the most-watched series this week. In a matter of just two days, The Nurse has become the talk of the town globally. From the producers and director of The Chestnut Man, The Nurse is an unsettling drama based on true events.Directed by Kasper Barfoed, The Nurse is a multi-starrer Danish crime thriller including Fanny Louise Bernth as Pernille Kurzmann, Josephine Park as Christina Astrup Hansen, Peter Zandersen as Niels lunden, Amalie Lindegard as Katja Lorentzen and more in the lead roles. Assuming you have landed on this page, you have already watched The Nurse on Netflix and has multiple questions inside your head. First and foremost whether The Nurse is a true story or The Nuse is a real story or not and if it is real where are Pernille Kurzman and Christina Aistrup Hansen now? To know the answer continue reading-

Is The Nurse True Story?

The answer is a big yes. Netflix's The Nurse is a true story based on Danish nurse Christina Aistrup Hansen who was charged with a 12-year sentence for four counts of attempted manslaughter in May 2017. The case of Christina Aistrup Hansen is termed one of the most horrific chapters of Denmark which shook the entire world. The revelations was such that content creators around the world were trying hard to make a series of a movie on it. With The Nurse finally released on Netflix, it is expected that Christina Aistrup Hansen's true story will finally unravel and people around the world will know why she killed her own innocent patients.

Now, coming to the real Christina Aistrup Hansen case, she was found guilty of giving sick and weak patients lethal doses of diazepam and morphine. The court also found Christina Aistrup Hansen guilty of giving her seven-year-old daughter strong sleeping medicine that can be deadly for children. Furthermore, Christina Aistrup Hansen's case lasted for almost one month and involved more than 70 witnesses, which also saw Hansen lose her license to practice as a nurse. During the trial, forensic psychological evaluation had revealed that Hansen was suffering from a histrionic personality disorder, which is characterized by excessive attention-seeking. So, it sums up your question that why she killed her own patients. Now, another question arises if Christina Aistrup Hansen was accused of murder, then who was Pernille Kurzmann?

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Pernille Kurzmann was a fresher at Nykøbing Falster Hospital and initially, she idolized Christina due to her brilliant work. However, slowly when the time passed, she started to unravel her ugly secret of Christina. It is pertinent to mention here that it was with the help of Pernille Kurzmann, police arrested Christina Aistrup Hansen in 2016, and she was ultimately charged with three murders and one charge of manslaughter. As well as multiple other crimes.

Where is real Pernille Kurzmann and Christina Aistrup Hansen now?

Real-life Christina Aistrup Hansen was first charged in 2016, she is still serving her sentence in a Danish prison and will be released in 2028. On the other hand, not much is known about Kurzmann, since she has continued to live a private life since giving her crucial testimony at Hansen's trial, she does still work at the Nykøbing Falster Hospital.


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