TV Schedule

Vegas clinic may have sickened thousands


  3. mirimysweet
  4. related topics
Nearly 40,000 people learned this week that a trip to the doctor may have made them sick.

In a type of scandal more often associated with Third World countries, a Las Vegas clinic was found to be reusing syringes and vials of medication for nearly four years. The shoddy practices may have led to an outbreak of the potentially fatal hepatitis C virus and exposed patients to HIV, too.

The discovery led to the biggest public health notification operation in U.S. history, brought demands for investigations and caused scores of lawyers to seek out patients at risk for infections.

Thousands of patients are being urged to be tested for the viruses. Six acute cases of hepatitis C have been confirmed. The surgical center and five affiliated clinics have been closed.
mirimysweet

2 responses // Vegas clinic may have sickened thousands

  • Bet this won't stay in Vegas. It's almost unbelievable.
    Almost. "Be afraid. Be very afraid."
    huntre
  • This is a good article for the government and insurance corporations that don't want to change to a universal, single payer health care system. Their favorite propaganda is that we now have the "best health care" in the world and it would be dangerous to change that.
    iamforchange

Add your response

Login/Registration is required to add a response.