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Hepatitis outbreak at Raleigh Heart Clinic widens
By Annie Moore, WVVA Multimedia Journalist - Beckley newsroom
Posted: Jun 17, 2016 5:24 PM EDT
Beckley (WVVA) The Hepatitis outbreak that officials said started with 12 patients at the Raleigh Heart Clinic in Beckley has widened.
According to Beckley attorney Stephen New, his law firm has 60 clients who he believes contracted Hepatitis from the clinic. "The majority of them, if not all, had zero risk factors. They were going there strictly to have a stress test. But for unknown reasons, they contracted Hepatitis."
Twenty-three hundred patients of the clinic received letters from the Dept. of Health and Human Resources in March, saying they may have been exposed to Hepatitis B, C, and HIV.
At the time, health officials said they believed the outbreak was confined to two clusters of 12 patients. But after more positive tests following the letters, Health and Human Resources officials announced they were widening the notification pool to anyone who received a stress test at the clinic...
Hepatitis outbreak at Raleigh Heart Clinic widens
By Annie Moore, WVVA Multimedia Journalist - Beckley newsroom
Posted: Jun 17, 2016 5:24 PM EDT
Beckley (WVVA) The Hepatitis outbreak that officials said started with 12 patients at the Raleigh Heart Clinic in Beckley has widened.
According to Beckley attorney Stephen New, his law firm has 60 clients who he believes contracted Hepatitis from the clinic. "The majority of them, if not all, had zero risk factors. They were going there strictly to have a stress test. But for unknown reasons, they contracted Hepatitis."
Twenty-three hundred patients of the clinic received letters from the Dept. of Health and Human Resources in March, saying they may have been exposed to Hepatitis B, C, and HIV.
At the time, health officials said they believed the outbreak was confined to two clusters of 12 patients. But after more positive tests following the letters, Health and Human Resources officials announced they were widening the notification pool to anyone who received a stress test at the clinic...