Dialysis patients 'contract hep C'
By Echo Wang |
March 4, 2010, Thursday
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ABOUT 30 kidney patients in Jiangsu Province allegedly contracted hepatitis C during dialysis treatments, the latest incidence of cross infection caused by blood dialysis in the country.
One of the patients said in an online post that their complaints have been ignored by the Xuzhou No. 6 Hospital and the health authority in Xuzhou City, China News Service reported yesterday.
The unnamed patient said he took regular blood dialysis treatment, started to feel fatigued since January and found himself infected with hepatitis C in a test.
He said he called every kidney patient he knew of in the hospital and found more than 30 were infected with the same virus. He said they all depend on blood dialysis to live and the new disease is a total disaster.
The patient reportedly said they tried to seek compensation from the hospital but their complaints were ignored.
Wang Chengjing, the head of Xuzhou health authority, told China News Service that they were still investigating. Wang said it is possible that the hospital was at fault but they could not hold it responsible without solid evidence.
Pay for retest
Hou Boshun, the Party boss of the hospital, admitted they knew there were about 20 patients complaining of being infected with the potentially fatal liver disease.
He said they never used dialysis equipment without thorough disinfection. Yet the hospital will pay for a retest of their livers since it is not sure that the hospital is free of responsibility, Hou said.
This is the first reported case this year of mass infection of hepatitis C in a Chinese hospital.
In January, six kidney patients in northwestern China filed lawsuits against a hospital in Gansu Province, accusing it of using contaminated dialysis equipment and infecting them with hepatitis C since June.
At least 50 patients in two hospitals in Anhui Province were infected with the hepatitis C virus through dialysis between 2008 and 2009.
A vice head of one of the Anhui hospitals said hepatitis is a common disease for kidney patients, depending on the blood dialysis.
The hospital official said the risk cannot be eliminated even in the world's best hospitals.
One of the patients said in an online post that their complaints have been ignored by the Xuzhou No. 6 Hospital and the health authority in Xuzhou City, China News Service reported yesterday.
The unnamed patient said he took regular blood dialysis treatment, started to feel fatigued since January and found himself infected with hepatitis C in a test.
He said he called every kidney patient he knew of in the hospital and found more than 30 were infected with the same virus. He said they all depend on blood dialysis to live and the new disease is a total disaster.
The patient reportedly said they tried to seek compensation from the hospital but their complaints were ignored.
Wang Chengjing, the head of Xuzhou health authority, told China News Service that they were still investigating. Wang said it is possible that the hospital was at fault but they could not hold it responsible without solid evidence.
Pay for retest
Hou Boshun, the Party boss of the hospital, admitted they knew there were about 20 patients complaining of being infected with the potentially fatal liver disease.
He said they never used dialysis equipment without thorough disinfection. Yet the hospital will pay for a retest of their livers since it is not sure that the hospital is free of responsibility, Hou said.
This is the first reported case this year of mass infection of hepatitis C in a Chinese hospital.
In January, six kidney patients in northwestern China filed lawsuits against a hospital in Gansu Province, accusing it of using contaminated dialysis equipment and infecting them with hepatitis C since June.
At least 50 patients in two hospitals in Anhui Province were infected with the hepatitis C virus through dialysis between 2008 and 2009.
A vice head of one of the Anhui hospitals said hepatitis is a common disease for kidney patients, depending on the blood dialysis.
The hospital official said the risk cannot be eliminated even in the world's best hospitals.
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