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12 Patients Get Infected With Hepatitis C While Receiving Treatment In German Hospital

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Twelve patients have been diagnosed with Hepatitis C, after they were allegedly infected by an anesthetist who is infected with the disease.

The practitioner, who no longer works at the Donau-Ries Clinic in the southern German town of Donauwoerth, infected the individuals during surgery, a local health authority said today.

Prosecutors have opened investigations against the anaesthetist. He was addicted to medication, according to the health body.

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Given that hepatitis C is normally transmitted through blood contact, it is unclear how patients became infected
Several hundred of the clinic’s former patients have been called to get tested for the disease. Hepatitis C is usually symptomless, or can cause flu-like symptoms.

It can become chronic, causing tiredness or upper abdominal discomfort.

It can also lead to cirrhosis, which increases the risk of cancer.

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