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10 patients claim Hep C infection from dialysis
TEN kidney disease patients treated at a north China hospital said they have contracted the hepatitis C virus during dialysis because of poor sanitation.
As a result, some of them have to drop their transplant plans, the only treatment to cure their disease that could lead to kidney failure.
Local health authority said it is investigating to the cause of the infection at Urad Front Banner Women and Children's Hospital in Bayannur City of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, today's Inner Mongolia Morning Post reported.
The hospital's principal, describing the incidents as "scientifically unforeseen," promised to provide free medication to the patients if the investigation confirmed they had contracted the hepatitis C virus at the hospital.
The first patient was diagnosed with the virus last November while the rest were diagnosed in March, the newspaper said.
They had been receiving dialysis, the only regular treatment for uremia. Eight had planned to undergo kidney transplants, but now have to drop the plans because doctors discourage such operation for patients with hepatitis.
Patients blamed poor sanitation management at the hospital's dialysis unit. Some patients were sharing machines while the nurses failed to thoroughly disinfect the facilities, they told the newspaper.
As a result, some of them have to drop their transplant plans, the only treatment to cure their disease that could lead to kidney failure.
Local health authority said it is investigating to the cause of the infection at Urad Front Banner Women and Children's Hospital in Bayannur City of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, today's Inner Mongolia Morning Post reported.
The hospital's principal, describing the incidents as "scientifically unforeseen," promised to provide free medication to the patients if the investigation confirmed they had contracted the hepatitis C virus at the hospital.
The first patient was diagnosed with the virus last November while the rest were diagnosed in March, the newspaper said.
They had been receiving dialysis, the only regular treatment for uremia. Eight had planned to undergo kidney transplants, but now have to drop the plans because doctors discourage such operation for patients with hepatitis.
Patients blamed poor sanitation management at the hospital's dialysis unit. Some patients were sharing machines while the nurses failed to thoroughly disinfect the facilities, they told the newspaper.
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