Sick Sick Sick
You have probably heard about this already, if not, its mind blowing,
From the Las Vegas Sun
The medical director and majority owner of the Endoscopy Center of Southern Nevada, where apparent negligence has triggered the largest hepatitis C scare in Nevada history, is one of the state’s most prominent physicians.
He is Dr. Dipak Desai, a former member of the Nevada Board of Medical Examiners who has served as chief of gastroenterology at local hospitals and taught at the University of Nevada School of Medicine.
Desai was not present when the Southern Nevada Health District announced during a news conference Wednesday that his staff members had contaminated patients with the blood of others.
Health officials said the staff commonly used the same syringe more than once on a single patient while administering anesthesia and used single-dose vials of medicine on more than one patient.
This flawed process could allow a virus from the first patient to contaminate the vial and then be transferred to another patient who received medicine from the same vial.
At the news conference to notify patients of the risks, Desai’s business was represented by three doctors and a public relations expert.
The state can fine the Endoscopy Center a maximum of $1,000 for each of three types of violations, Jones said, but licensing agencies such as the Board of Medical Examiners and the Nevada State Board of Nursing could investigate the problems to penalize the various providers.
Health Warrior Says: Given the gravity of the situation, minimum fines addressed, and Dr Desais relationship with the board as well as the educational system and those “in the know” you have to question what his intent was and if he really feared or fears much financial loss or even loss of licensure.
Absoulutely disgusting and inexcusable!