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EXPOSURE FEARED:40,000 LV patients urged to be tested
Las Vegas Review Journal ^ | 02-28-2008 | ANNETTE WELLS and PAUL HARASIM

Posted on 02/28/2008 6:59:40 AM PST by sweetiepiezer

Forty thousand Nevadans soon will receive word that they might have been exposed to HIV and hepatitis strains B and C in what a federal health official called the largest notification of its kind in U.S. history.

(Excerpt) Read more at lvrj.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: criminal; health; hepatitisbandc; hiv; intentional; lasvegas; scare
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To: hdstmf
I don’t have to. Junk yard lawyers will be all over this for a contingency fee and publicity.

I'm going to spare you the dim bulb kitty this time.

Step back and think for a moment. What pool of money is going to pay 40,000 attorney fees? Do you believe the Endoscopy Center is printing money in the back room? Do you think that malpractice insurance will have a reserve to cover 40,000 liability cases? Do you think the doctor's assets will cover the costs for 40,000 attorneys? If 40,000 attorneys charged a meager $1000 for their services, it would total $40,000,000. What magic pot would produce this money? What publicity can be gained when 40,000 attorneys are mobbing a courthouse for pro bono services? Please use common sense.

101 posted on 02/29/2008 9:24:49 AM PST by NautiNurse (Plants are people too)
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To: Inyo-Mono
Sorry, but what makes you think northern Nevada or anywhere else is safe from this happening!

You're at risk, I'm at risk if we continue to allow the millions of illegals to take these jobs.

There has already been investigative reports on the housekeeping industry where workers (many, if not most, who don't speak English) have even less than a rudimentary understanding of their job, and coupled with ignorance of basic hygiene spread germs & disease as they wash your dishes, clean your toilets using the same filthy rags.

Don't kid yourself, this same mindset is prevalent in the medical industry too!

This is only the beginning!

102 posted on 02/29/2008 9:59:41 AM PST by Guenevere (If you do not stand firm in your faith, you will not stand at all.)
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To: sweetiepiezer

Even though they say from March 2004 to present.
I would still go to my doctor and get tested for Hep and HIV. At least this way you can feel some what at ease if everything comes back negative.


103 posted on 02/29/2008 9:07:11 PM PST by stlnative
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To: colorcountry

My sister in-law was on the list and just notified. This is hideous...it’s an outrage!


104 posted on 02/29/2008 9:16:18 PM PST by BBT
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To: sweetiepiezer
They should be in prison. The DA should prosecute them and I think he will.

Absolutely. I hope that they do prosecute. And all the best to you.

105 posted on 02/29/2008 9:16:44 PM PST by Lijahsbubbe
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To: DumpsterDiver
Instead of cleaning one endoscope and then using fresh solution to clean another one, the same dirty solution would be used ... one batch of cleaning solution should be used for a single endoscope or set of instruments.

This is sick. These people need to be charged with criminal negligence.

106 posted on 02/29/2008 9:25:26 PM PST by Lijahsbubbe
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To: NautiNurse; BBT; Lijahsbubbe; Guenevere; Born Conservative; George from New England; milford421; ...
The Mayor has shut down this clinic.
Administrators supposed to address problem on Monday.
The city is outraged.
They did it to save money, yeah, so the administrator could buy his 3.5 million dollar home.

They have other clinics in town and I guess the same procedures were used there also.

I cannot understand why in four years someone working there did not report these happenings to the health department. The health department stated, they only check these places once every 3 years, oh, and I would think they would be on good behavior when they are being inspected.
The health dept also stated that they check the prisons twice a year.
That is it, become a convict and stay healthy.

For more on the doc....
Clinic owner found success Doctor, native of India built medical empire. http://www.lvrj.com/news/16105787.html
I think he probably has a lot of money stored in Indaia.

107 posted on 03/01/2008 7:37:26 AM PST by sweetiepiezer
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To: hdstmf

“These third world doctors are brought into our country under a special visa program”

Meanwhile in the states ... those of us that want to get involved in the medical field at any level have to wait, wait and wait to get into the few schools left. Some Americans wait up to 4 years to get in. Even at a community college level, training for simple medical tasks, the accessibility to citizens is deplorable.

System broken.


108 posted on 03/01/2008 7:53:27 AM PST by George from New England
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To: sweetiepiezer; SE Mom; Judith Anne
Thanks for the update. I am relieved to know the clinic is shuttered for now. From the LV Review-Journal:

City inspectors entered the Endoscopy Center of Southern Nevada at 700 Shadow Lane about 3 p.m. to serve an emergency suspension order. After waiting until six patients had completed treatment, all employees left the building and the doors were locked.

The clinic's business license is suspended until further notice, Mayor Oscar Goodman said at a late afternoon news conference.

"The city now has the business license in hand," Goodman said. "They don't have a license to do business in the city of Las Vegas."


109 posted on 03/01/2008 7:55:51 AM PST by NautiNurse (Plants are people too)
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To: NautiNurse
We aren’t the only ones dealing with a hygiene problem.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1977689/posts
110 posted on 03/01/2008 7:58:48 AM PST by sweetiepiezer
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To: sweetiepiezer
The article I linked above provides additional clarification to 2004 as the start date for the clinic problems. Unfortunately, the records prior to 2004 aren't available for investigation. Thus, it is anybody's guess how many years these criminals have been endangering patients.

Labus said investigators had access only to personnel and logs that were on hand at the facility since it was remodeled and expanded in March 2004.

"We also were able to observe what was going on, what their practices have been since 2004," he said. "They (staff) told us that what we saw was common practice since then."

Before 2004, many different people worked at the clinic, Labus said. "I don't know whether the center operated in the same way in the past as it did recently or not."

Even if clinic staffers reported the procedures were the same prior to March 2004, Labus said, officials would not have been able to sufficiently document that.

"We needed more hard evidence," he said.


111 posted on 03/01/2008 8:06:17 AM PST by NautiNurse (Plants are people too)
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To: sweetiepiezer

Thanks for the update sweetie.

Trying not to be cynical, but this story gets worse by the day.


112 posted on 03/02/2008 6:17:22 AM PST by milford421 (U.N. OUT OF U.S.)
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