MD: HIV infections will never be traced to VA hospital
Posted on May 11, 2009
Filed Under 365Gay, News
(Murfreesboro, Tennessee) Former patients who tested positive for HIV or hepatitis will not be able to show they were infected by tainted equipment at U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs hospitals, a top doctor for the agency says.
Dr. Jim Bagian, the VA’s chief patient safety officer, said the patients won’t be …
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