Alex Pretti, 37, a former senior ICU nurse, has been accused by patients' families of deeply disturbing, alleged misconduct toward the most vulnerable. Some asked whether Pretti was fired from "Lakeshore Medical Center," whereas others asked if he was fired from the Minneapolis Veterans Affairs hospital. However, numerous search engine results uncovered no examples of reputable news outlets reporting on him being fired for misconduct. Neither outlet directly addressed the false claim about him being fired for misconduct, which began widely circulating after their reports. Debunking the rumorThere were numerous indicators that the claim about Pretti being fired for misconduct were false, as outlined below.