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77 Cases of Hepatitis Spread through used Syrignes at Clinic
nytimes.com — Nevada health officials said Thursday that they had identified 77 new cases of hepatitis C among patients treated at a Las Vegas endoscopy practice, in one of the country’s largest outbreaks of the liver disease.
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- JPresEFnet, on 05/11/2008, -16/+4FIRST
- insanebrain, on 05/11/2008, -2/+4BURIED
- saxreturns, on 05/11/2008, -0/+4Go back to youtube!
- benjorino, on 05/11/2008, -0/+1Congratulations!
I wish my life could be as fulfilling as yours must be :(
- fr3ddie, on 05/11/2008, -12/+3HAW HAW. yet another reason to say ***** DOCTORS!
- insanebrain, on 05/11/2008, -0/+2. . another ?
- JPresEFnet, on 05/11/2008, -1/+4http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/05/09/health/m ...
Same story, no need to beg for spam if you want to read it. - macwac, on 05/11/2008, -1/+12Their excuse is low funding.. well now they have 77 more million dollar lawsuits to pay.. a real smart move to cut spending on needle and syringes!
- h4mx0r, on 05/11/2008, -3/+3What happens in Vegas, Stays in Vegas... I hope.
- bicyclethief, on 05/11/2008, -4/+4What happens in Vegas doesn't stay in Vegas apparently.
- xkorbin, on 05/11/2008, -1/+7Article image describes it all.
- gquaglia, on 05/11/2008, -2/+16People need to go to jail for this one. No excuse.
- heiroglyph, on 05/11/2008, -1/+5How doesn't this equate to conspiracy to commit murder, with everyone involved doing hard time?
If one or more patients die of liver failure, then add on murder counts.- gquaglia, on 05/11/2008, -1/+5Reusing a needle? In this day and age? No its recklessness for the sole purpose of saving a buck. Jail time is warranted.
- heiroglyph, on 05/11/2008, -1/+1Did you think I was being sarcastic? I wasn't.
- gquaglia, on 05/11/2008, -1/+5Reusing a needle? In this day and age? No its recklessness for the sole purpose of saving a buck. Jail time is warranted.
- heiroglyph, on 05/11/2008, -1/+5How doesn't this equate to conspiracy to commit murder, with everyone involved doing hard time?
- OnlyGirlOnDigg, on 05/11/2008, -5/+3EPIC FAIL
- sonnybobiche, on 05/11/2008, -2/+4I buried you even though you're a girl because I'm tired of this poor excuse for English passing as wit.
- Androfire, on 05/11/2008, -1/+6Syrignes?
- Niixxon, on 05/11/2008, -1/+6What the hell is so hard about ordering more needles? And as far as the anesthesiologist they should loose their damn license. Explain how you cant afford needles but you can afford to pay an anesthesiologist close to 300k a yr?
- heiroglyph, on 05/11/2008, -0/+3Lose their license? For what amounts to multiple murders? Victims with a lifetime of suffering, potentially transferring the disease to their spouse?
These bastards need to get punishment fitting the crimes.
- heiroglyph, on 05/11/2008, -0/+3Lose their license? For what amounts to multiple murders? Victims with a lifetime of suffering, potentially transferring the disease to their spouse?
- sonnybobiche, on 05/11/2008, -1/+10Syringes are cheap, guys, come on. Just charge the patients if you have to, but don't start reusing stuff. Or at least run some alcohol through them first!
Lazy and frugal is a bad combination in medicine.- dagnome1984, on 05/11/2008, -1/+2I remember the old needles were designed to be reusable. I wonder if they used that type of needle in this case, but didn't practice proper sterilization.
- gh0st3000, on 05/11/2008, -0/+5i wasn't aware anyone used the medical grade stainless steel syringes anymore, i assumed everyone switched to plastic due to the eliminated transfer risk and the fact that disposables are now cheap and easy to make. Skimping on syringes is probably the dumbest possible thing to try saving money on.
- dagnome1984, on 05/11/2008, -1/+2I remember the old needles were designed to be reusable. I wonder if they used that type of needle in this case, but didn't practice proper sterilization.
- beatleman, on 05/11/2008, -3/+4I don't know who Syrignes is, but I think we can all assume she's one hell of a slut...
- coffee200am, on 05/11/2008, -0/+4About Dr. Dipak Desai:
http://www.nriinternet.com/NRIdoctors/A_USA/A_Z/D/ ...
Dr. Dipak Desai started Endoscopy Center in 1980 and built a small medical empire in the desert of Southern Nevada.
Dr. Dipak Desai completed his medical residency at Catholic Medical Center in New York. He hails from Gujarat and graduated from medical school at Gujarat University in India
In 2004, he and his wife bought house for $3.4 million, four-bedroom, about 9000-square-foot house in Red Rock Country Club.
In a 1992 Review-Journal story, he said, "I wasn't born rich, and sometimes you have to give something back to the society in which you live." He provided free treatment to striking Frontier Hotel workers
According to local media, he is generous political campaign donor and as a registered Republican has given nearly $25,000 to federal candidates and committees going back to 1997. As a good businessman, he has given to Democrats and Republicans alike, even opponents in the same race.
His center gave $25,000 in to the Keep Our Doctors In Nevada tort-reform ballot initiative in 2004 and also donated funds to several candidates including Gov. Jim Gibbons and failed Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jim Gibson in 2006
In these years, he was becoming popular and and attend most of the political events- maliath, on 05/11/2008, -0/+5Straight to jail and don't pass go.
- coffee200am, on 05/11/2008, -0/+1Prison for sure.
- maliath, on 05/11/2008, -0/+5Straight to jail and don't pass go.
- Taddare, on 05/11/2008, -0/+3If I was this doctor I'd hire some security because I know if I was one of those patients I'd be up for some target practice.
- Tyrghast, on 05/11/2008, -1/+1someone's getting fired...
- heiroglyph, on 05/11/2008, -2/+1Wow, good thing we have privatized medicine. The board of directors would never knowingly harm patients to save a buck.
- benjorino, on 05/11/2008, -0/+2Dugg for the thumbnail.
- SteelChicken, on 05/12/2008, -0/+1buried for the thumbnail
- SteelChicken, on 05/12/2008, -0/+1buried for the thumbnail
- bincoder, on 05/11/2008, -1/+2whats a syringe cost, a penny for a thousand? If someone uses used ones it should be an automatic death sentence, no matter if its a nurse, Dr. House, Dr. Spock, or the cleaning lady, because thats the chance they are taking on the patients.
- zlwise, on 05/12/2008, -0/+1Tons of articles on the story here:
http://lasvegassun.com/news/topics/hepatitis-scare ... - Fygee, on 05/12/2008, -0/+2I was one of the patients there last summer, and I had a procedure done to fix an esophageal stricture one week before one of the patients who contracted Hep C had a colonoscopy done there.
I was tested and thankfully I came up negative, but that was one of the biggest scares I've had in a long while.
I actually met with Dr. Desai in person before the procedure as well. Little did I know what kind of person he was and that I was essentially sitting with evil.
For clarification on why they were doing this, reusing the syringes slightly shortened the amount of time required to fully service a patient, and they were able to see around 4-8 more patients a day (as the place was always packed). As a result, they were able to make more money by getting people through quicker.- PharmacistMike, on 05/15/2008, -0/+0I am glad to hear that your Hep C tests were negative.
- jtown, on 05/12/2008, -0/+0Every person in that clinic who was involved in this should spend time in prison. Reusing needles like that is absolutely inexcusable. It's beyond belief that trained medical professionals would even consider the practice to be acceptable. "Oh, but I did complain and said it was wrong" doesn't cut it. This is "stand in front of the building with picket signs" bad. Any person who knew this was happening and wasn't screaming at the press and standing in front of the building warning people away needs to see the business side of a steel and concrete cage.
- PharmacistMike, on 05/15/2008, -0/+0Besides the stupidity of the practice of not using new anesthesia meds for each case, did you catch this, "The practice had not received a full inspection since 2001, although state policies dictate that ambulatory surgical centers be reviewed every three years. The licensing agency has blamed the delay on insufficient financing for inspectors."
Perhaps the shortage of inspectors is because inspectors don't have comparable salaries. I know in my state the pharmacy inspectors make a fraction of what a regular pharmacist would make. This appears to be across the board in a lot of industries. They just don't want to pay to have someone watch the hen house. - firewound, 13 hr 21 min ago, -0/+1hmm...an odd choice of image. but I'm sure Ashton does have more strains of Hepatitis than most celebrities.
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