Anaesthetist infects 12 with hep C
Tests show that 12 female patients were infected with hepatitis C by an anaesthetist at a private clinic in Croydon in Melbourne's east.
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Police have been brought in to investigate how a doctor spread hepatits C to 12 patients. The Victorian Health Department has conducted a painstaking investigation and is unable to say how the...
View ArticleAbortion clinic patients infected with Hep C
An anaesthetist at an abortion clinic in the Melbourne suburb of Croydon is being investigated by police after 12 patients contracted Hepatitis C.
View ArticlePolice investigate hep C allegations
Twelve women who underwent procedures at the same abortion clinic have all tested positive to hepatitis C, leading to claims a doctor has deliberately infected patients.
View ArticleInvestigation into Hep C allegations
Helen McNeill, CEO of Hepatitis C Victoria, speaks to Stateline as an investigation begins into a Croydon doctor accused of deliberately infecting at least 12 patients with the Hepatitis C virus.
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Victorian police are investigating an abortion clinic where 12 women may have been deliberated infected with hepatitis C
View ArticlePolice investigate hep C infections
Victorian police are trying to find out whether a doctor deliberately infected 12 women with hepatitis C. The women were all patients at a Melbourne abortion clinic between June 2008 and December 2009...
View ArticleInfection control defended after hep C spread
The Medical Practitioners Board of Victoria is defending its infection control policies after 12 women were infected with hepatitis C by an anaesthetist at a private abortion clinic called Croydon Day...
View ArticlePolice investigate Hep C infections
The Medical Practitioners Board of Victoria is defending its infection control policies after 12 women were infected with Hepatitis C by an aneisthetist at the Croydon Day Surgery in suburban...
View ArticlePolice investigate doctor over hepatitis C infections
As police investigate how 12 women contracted hepatitis C from a doctor, Victoria's hepatitis support group says accidental transmission in a medical setting is unlikely.
View ArticleWorried patients flood telephone hotline over Hep C outbreak
A telephone hotline set up by the Victorian Health Department has been inundated with calls from more than 800 people concerned they may have been infected with Hepatitis C at a Melbourne medical...
View ArticleMore hep C infections emerge
Four women have joined twelve others suspected to have contracted hepatitis C after treatment at a Croydon abortion clinic in Melbourne's east.
View ArticleMore women claim hep C infections
A law firm says it is aware of more women who have been infected with hepatitis C after receiving treatment at a surgery in Melbourne's east. Slater and Gordon says it is acting for eight women who had...
View ArticleAbortion clinic hep C cases jump to 22
Victoria's Health Department says it will take many months before the full extent of a hepatitis C cluster linked to a medical clinic is known. Forty-four women who attended the Croydon Day Surgery in...
View ArticleHep C cluster worsens
Authorities believe that up to 44 women treated at a Croydon medical clinic in Melbourne's east have tested positive to contracting hepatitis C.
View ArticleNew Zealand women to be tested over hepatitis C cluster
Twenty-six New Zealand women will be tested for hepatitis C in connection with a cluster of cases at a Croydon abortion clinic.
View ArticleMore Hep C cases linked to Melbourne outbreak
The Victorian Department of Human Services says at least 35 women have contracted Hepatitis C from a doctor in a Melbourne day surgery, and it's possible the infections were deliberate. An advocate...
View ArticleMore hepatitis C cases linked to Melbourne clinic
Health officials say evidence suggests the number of women who have contracted hepatitis C at a day surgery in Melbourne's north-east has risen to 35.
View ArticleAbortion clinic raided after hep C infections
Police have searched a medical clinic in Melbourne's north-east linked to a doctor suspected of infecting dozens of women with hepatitis C.
View ArticleAbortion clinic hep C infections jump to 41
The number of women infected with the same strain of hepatitis C as the anaesthetist who treated them at a Melbourne medical centre has risen to 41.
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