2,400 Portland Patients Exposed to HIV and Hepatitis
[Epoch Times] Health care providers in the Portland, Oregon, area said Thursday that 2,400 patients should get blood tests because an anesthesiologist may have exposed them to HIV as well as hepatitis B and C in recent months.
In a statement, Providence Health said that it "recently learned that Providence’s comprehensive infection control practices may not have been followed by a physician during some procedures" at several hospitals."
The individual who was allegedly responsible is a physician previously employed by the Oregon Anesthesiology Group, said Legacy in the statement. The unnamed person is no longer employed by Oregon Anesthesiology Group and the company is no longer contracted by Providence, it said.
Posted by: Bobby 2024-07-14 |