LAS VEGAS, Sep 30, 2008 (UPI via COMTEX) -- Nevada prosecutors say it will
likely be early next year before charges are filed against a medical center that
allegedly exposed patients to hepatitis C.
Clark County District Attorney Scott Mitchell said witnesses have been reluctant
to cooperate in the investigation of the Endoscopy Center of Southern Nevada for
fear they will lose their medical licenses or possibly even face physical
retribution, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported Monday.
The newspaper said health officials have advised 60,000 patients of Dr. Dipak
Desai's endoscopy clinics be tested for hepatitis and HIV. Authorities say they
observed clinic nurses reusing syringes that contaminated vials of anesthetic,
allegedly leading to infection of patients.
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