Saturday, January 08, 2011
VA Surgery Patient Possibly Exposed To HIV
KENTUCKY...
A disabled veteran in Kentucky says VA hospital officials in Lexington have told him that he and five other patients were possibly exposed to equipment contaminated with HIV and hepatitis.
Fifty-eight-year-old Daryl Baldwin of Richmond he and his wife are most upset because the VA didn't inform him about the possible exposure until December, nine months after his eye surgery.
Baldwin said he has since tested negative for the infections. He told The Associated Press in a Friday telephone interview that he and his wife are "terrorized" by the continuing possibility that he might yet test positive.
Officials at the hospital said in a statement Friday night that all six veterans have been notified and any needed care will be provided. The statement included an apology to the six patients by the medical center's acting director, Donna Jacobs.
A disabled veteran in Kentucky says VA hospital officials in Lexington have told him that he and five other patients were possibly exposed to equipment contaminated with HIV and hepatitis.
Fifty-eight-year-old Daryl Baldwin of Richmond he and his wife are most upset because the VA didn't inform him about the possible exposure until December, nine months after his eye surgery.
Baldwin said he has since tested negative for the infections. He told The Associated Press in a Friday telephone interview that he and his wife are "terrorized" by the continuing possibility that he might yet test positive.
Officials at the hospital said in a statement Friday night that all six veterans have been notified and any needed care will be provided. The statement included an apology to the six patients by the medical center's acting director, Donna Jacobs.
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