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Doctor with TB sees 600 patients without mask
Physician brushed off symptoms of potentially deadly disease as a common cold
AFP
Published: 15:28 October 16, 2013
Gulf News
Tokyo: A Japanese doctor infected with tuberculosis examined more than 600 patients without wearing a mask, an official said Wednesday.
The doctor, who is in his 50s and runs a clinic in central Ito city, began displaying symptoms of the potentially lethal airborne disease in mid-August, but brushed them off as a common cold, the health authority official said.
He continued to see patients, without wearing a face mask, until he was diagnosed with tuberculosis earlier this month...
Doctor with TB sees 600 patients without mask
Physician brushed off symptoms of potentially deadly disease as a common cold
AFP
Published: 15:28 October 16, 2013
Gulf News
Tokyo: A Japanese doctor infected with tuberculosis examined more than 600 patients without wearing a mask, an official said Wednesday.
The doctor, who is in his 50s and runs a clinic in central Ito city, began displaying symptoms of the potentially lethal airborne disease in mid-August, but brushed them off as a common cold, the health authority official said.
He continued to see patients, without wearing a face mask, until he was diagnosed with tuberculosis earlier this month...