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U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• International News
HIV Prompts Hunt by Montreal Hospital
January 23, 2004 Yesterday, a Canadian children's hospital said it wanted to
get in touch with 2,614 young patients who had been operated on --
between 1990 and 2003 -- by a surgeon with HIV. The hospital wants
the patients to be tested for the virus. Ste.-Justine hospital
said the doctor had told his supervisor he had HIV in 1991 but
that top hospital administrators found out about his condition
only two weeks ago. Administrators played down risks to the
patients the surgeon had treated, saying only two incidents of
patients contracting HIV from physicians during surgery have been
recorded in the Western world since the appearance of the virus
more than 20 years ago.
Excerpted from:Back to other news for January 23, 2004 New York Times 01.23.04; Reuters This article was provided by U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It is a part of the publication CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update. |
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