Posted on 03/27/2008 9:16:14 AM PDT by RDTF
NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — A Virginia hospital has asked more than 300 former patients to come in for blood tests because a nurse suspected of infecting patients with hepatitis in Texas worked there last year.
Retired Army Capt. Jon Dale Jones, 45, was arrested this month in Miami on federal charges of assaulting three patients and possession of a controlled substance by fraud.
Federal prosecutors said they believe Jones spread hepatitis in 2004 at an El Paso military hospital by diverting fentanyl -- a powerful painkiller often used for anesthesia -- from patients to himself.
At least 15 military service members or their relatives are believed to have been infected.
Officials at Riverside Regional Medical Center in Newport News said Jones worked there from July through December. Staff members have identified 310 patients who came into contact with Jones and asked them to return for tests for hepatitis C.
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Does this mean he was taking a little off the top and infecting it with his needle before the supposedly "new" vial went to the patient? Hang him!
“Hepatitis C Jon”—nope, doesn’t have quite the same ring to it as Typhoid Mary! I say, let’s lock him and those ‘alleged’ victims he infected in a room for a day or so and let them handle this whole situation. Let’s save some taxpayer dollars AND have a speedy end at the same time!
and all of the military that are infected are no longer deployable
Sounds like speedy justice to me.
“It’s not clear exactly how the patients in El Paso were infected. Jones, 45, has denied using dirty needles. He has pleaded not guilty and was released on bond.”
http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,342156,00.html
I wonder if he’ll still be alive when his trial date rolls around?
This is a very sad story. I wonder if he knew he had the hep C & if he did he ought to get a very strong sentence. My hep C thank the Lord didn’t damage my liver. However this is not the only time military people have been infected by drs & nurses. Prayers for these victims . Hep C is known as the silent killer.
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