hepatitis B - New Jersey Accident and Injury Law Blog http://injurylaw.grossmanjustice.com/articles/medical-malpractice/ en-us Copyright 2010 Thu, 09 Apr 2009 11:57:57 -0500 Fri, 21 May 2010 14:52:40 -0500 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss It's License Suspension for Doctor in New Jersey Hepatitis B Case It's one of a patient's worst medical malpractice nightmares - a New Jersey doctor, whose clinic was allegedly the source of a hepatitis B epidemic which has already had five of his patients testing positive for the disease. Now, state regulators have indefinitely suspended the medical license of Doctor Parvez Dara.

Health inspectors have described the conditions at Dr. Dara's Toms River office, including blood stains on the floor of the room where the doctor conducted chemotherapy treatments. Inspectors found medication vials left open, and blood inside a bin used to store blood veils. They also found saline and gauze that had not been sterilized. Earlier, health officials had advised approximately 3,000 of Dara's patents to be tested for hepatitis B, after five cancer patients who were undergoing treatment under him, contracted the diseases. Two of his patients were confirmed to have hepatitis B in February, and three others tested positive later.  None of the five patients had any other risk factors for hepatitis B.

]]>Attorneys for Dara insisted that there was no evidence linking him with the Hepatitis infection.  They also argued that the five patients who contracted Hepatitis B were treated at the same hospital, and could have contracted the infection there. However, the hospital was ruled out as the source of the contamination. Back in 2002, Dara paid $56,000 in fines for health code violations.

Hepatitis B is a viral infection that can lead to chronic liver disease, cirrhosis of the liver and liver cancer. It's up to 100 times more infectious than the HIV virus.  Infected blood is one of the most common modes of transmission.

Medical Malpractice Lawyers

You shouldn't have to worry about contracting a deadly disease when you walk into your doctor's office for treatment. Unfortunately, the threat of being held accountable for errors and negligence by medical malpractice lawyers is often the only thing that coaxes health care professionals to carry out their responsibilities with care.

 

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