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Up to 11,000 U.S. veterans may have been mistakenly infected with HIV
Tajikistan News.Net
Friday 21st August, 2009
11,000 veterans who had colonoscopies at U.S. Veterans Affairs hospitals may have been exposed to hepatitis B, hepatitis C and HIV.
The veterans were advised equipment used during their treatment was not sterilized. Of those so far that responded by having follow-up blood checks, 8 have tested positive for HIV. Twelve of the veterans have tested positive for hepatitis B, and 37 have tested positive for hepatitis C.
This week it was learned a 55-year-old North Miami man, Juan Rivera, a thirteen-year Army veteran with a wife and 5 children, filed notice last month that he will sue the Federal Government claiming he was infected with HIV during a colonoscopy at the Miami Veterans Administration hospital. He had a colonoscopy at the hospital in May last year.
Rivera is suing the government for $20 million.
On March 28, the VA department wrote to more than 3,000 veterans who had colonoscopies at the Miami VA hospital advising them that improperly cleaned equipment might have exposed them to hepatitis B, hepatitis C and HIV.
VA officials say endoscopy equipment was rinsed instead of being sterilizing as was required by the manufacturer's directions.
Similar problems were uncovered at VA hospitals in Murfreesboro, Tenn., and Augusta, Ga. The total number of veterans subsequently blew out to more than 11,000.
Following congressional inquiries, Miami VA hospital director Mary Berrocal disciplined up to 10 employees.  Email this story to a friend
Comments on this story
Arrg
08-22-09, 08:39 PM |
Up to 11,000 U.S. veterans may have been mistakenly infected with HIV
you know something?
gives a whole new meaning ... to quake quake ...
* them folkes at that hospital are just nasty... not cleaning the equipment after each use just down right nasty ... 11,000 soldiers!
thats a whole lot of bung holes
>>> eye for a eye <<<
all the hospital staff that are responsible should be injected
with HIV hepatitis B&C right up the kazoo.
sounds like terrorist 'ey?
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registered
08-22-09, 09:37 PM |
Just another reason why Single payer health care systems suck!
Arrg;155553:
you know something?
gives a whole new meaning ... to quake quake ...
* them folkes at that hospital are just nasty... not cleaning the equipment after each use just down right nasty ... 11,000 soldiers!
thats a whole lot of bung holes
>>> eye for a eye <<<
all the hospital staff that are responsible should be injected
with HIV hepatitis B&C right up the kazoo.
sounds like terrorist 'ey?
What does any government do right other then over spend and screw everything up?
Knowing history the way I do the story of giving black men syphilis and watching what happens to them makes me think this was no accident nor a case of just filthy conditions!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuskegee_syphilis_experiment
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skyblu5555
08-22-09, 10:35 PM |
Un f'ing believeable- Who's in charge?
Un f’ing believeable! What kind of morons are being hired by VA hospitals?
Heads should roll big time all the way up to the DOD Secretary himself.
Unqualified, untrained, ignorant mother f’ckers! Okay Congress, off to the VA Hospitals for YOUR HEALTHCARE!
When I was growing up, noone would have been hired near a hospital who wasn’t qualified highly, trained, and trustworthy...can you believe this sh*t? In the USA?
You give your dam* life to this country and as a show of gratitude and life long respect and honor, we give them AIDS, Hep C, Hep B....enough already yet... time to march all of these so called VA health providers in front of the public to shame them and punish them for all that they’ve got.
Keep your ignorant morons and their employers out of our country.
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maggie
08-23-09, 04:35 PM |
OMG, WHEN WILL WE STOP THIS…… YES I AM YELLING!!!!! OMG!!!! STOP! STOP! STOP!
People we have to take this country back, this is about US…… You, Me, Our Parents, Our Children…..
This government will not get any of my children; however they will fight for OUR COUNTRY…..
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Anonymous
08-23-09, 03:38 PM |
equal eduction LOL
remember, we give anyone and everyone equal education and degrees now in the name of equality.
this is terrible. these awesome guys go over and defend us with no questions asked and some moron, probably someone who doesn’t even believe in the USA or freedom because they’re here on a visa, has infected our incredible men and women.
UGH stop this insanity and take better care of our soldiers. they deserve so much more!
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limrintz
08-23-09, 03:38 PM |
OMG This is horrible! Just goes to show what socialized medicine is like.
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gmathol
08-23-09, 09:42 PM |
There are other problems too! Think of the extensive use of depleted Uranium ammunition. At Baghdad airport the US might have used even a neutron bomb.
If you want to stay healthy - stay away from the military.
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Anonymous+1
08-24-09, 05:23 PM |
LOL FAIL
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suomynona
08-24-09, 10:57 PM |
Mistake? yeah right.
!.) This happened at multiple vetrans hospitals and they are claiming it a mistake?
I DO NOT buy it. It was done on purpose.
2.) This is an example of what obamacare will be like. They will do the same thing to everyone else when that extortion bill becomes extortion law.
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NotAnObot
08-25-09, 04:38 AM |
ObamaCare
waiting to happen to all of us
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