64 infected by hepatitis at hospital in China
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090402/ap_on_re_as/as_china_hepatitis;_ylt=An.HYCcsUtFipaNq_2hdaKUBxg8F
Thu Apr 2, 3:46 am ET
BEIJING – Police have detained the director of a Chinese hospital where at least 64 people were infected with the potentially deadly liver disease hepatitis C after receiving transfusions from blood collected illegally, state media reported.
The infections were discovered in September after a patient who had received a transfusion during an operation tested positive for the disease, the Xinhua News Agency reported Wednesday.
The hospital in the southwestern city of Pingtang traced the transfusion to a donor in another province who had sold as many as 42 pints (20 liters) of blood to the hospital from 1998 to 2002.
Further tests showed that by Tuesday, 64 patients had been infected with hepatitis C through blood transfusions from the donor, who was a hepatitis C carrier, the report said.
I'm surprised that this actually got out to the public, especially considering the AIDS denial issue by the Chinese.
Thu Apr 2, 3:46 am ET
BEIJING – Police have detained the director of a Chinese hospital where at least 64 people were infected with the potentially deadly liver disease hepatitis C after receiving transfusions from blood collected illegally, state media reported.
The infections were discovered in September after a patient who had received a transfusion during an operation tested positive for the disease, the Xinhua News Agency reported Wednesday.
The hospital in the southwestern city of Pingtang traced the transfusion to a donor in another province who had sold as many as 42 pints (20 liters) of blood to the hospital from 1998 to 2002.
Further tests showed that by Tuesday, 64 patients had been infected with hepatitis C through blood transfusions from the donor, who was a hepatitis C carrier, the report said.
I'm surprised that this actually got out to the public, especially considering the AIDS denial issue by the Chinese.
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