Today at a private clinic in northeast China's Liaoning
Province, 99 people contracted hepatitis C after they received injections with
a single contaminated syringe at a private clinic. A statement from the Danggang‘s
government said that all of the victims have been place into a hospital and they
are now in stable conditions. From what the World Heath Organization hepatitis
C can be very dangerous. It was also said that hepatitis C could cause liver disease,
which that could lead to cirrhosis of the liver and liver cancer. During late January, Danggang health
authorities traced and screened 120 people who received varicose vein
treatments at the private clinic. A health official said that the clinic was
running fake television ads and flouted medical rules by using just one syringe
needle for all of the varicose vein treatments. It has been made to believe
that doctor, Xue Feng, is the one to blame for this malpractice. He has now
been arrested and could possibly face criminal charges.
I really do not understand how this could happen in such a
country like China. People, who do not take any medical field classes, know
that sharing the same needle can be harmful to the body. This has been installed
into our brain since the big AIDS epidemic in the 1980s and the 1990s. It is
sad to know that this doctor, who knew better, still did this to these people. Doctors
are there to help cure people, not infect them with a deadly virus. The even
sadder thing about this story is that this clinic used false advertisement to
help infect more people with this virus knowing that they were only using one
syringe.
http://www.chinanationalnews.com/index.php/sid/212443764/scat/9366300fc9319e9b/ht/99-Chinese-get-hepatitis-C-from-contaminated-needle
Chelsie Lee
Feb 8, 2013
4:06
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