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| Yep, abortion sure is safe – not! |
| Wednesday, 14 April 2010 11:04 |
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Authorities in Victoria have revealed a doctor has been suspended from practice because 12 of his female patients have contracted Hepatitis C. He was an anaesthetist working in an abortion mill in Melbourne between June 2008 and December 2009 and has Hep C. The police and the Medical Practitioners Board are investigating how it was transmitted to the women. DNA tests have linked the strain of the virus found in the women to the strain the doctor has. The testing laboratory found there was a clear link from a structural point of view between the viruses of the patients and that of the doctor. Hepatitis C takes a long time to surface, is very hard to treat and can cause fatal liver problems. It can be easily passed on via blood or sharing a syringe. Medical authorities cannot explain how 12 people could be infected by accident. In 2008 in the United States, girls having abortions at a Las Vegas clinic had to be tested for Hepatitis C and HIV. In another instance in the States, a “once-only use” vial of anaesthetia was reused a number of times becoming contaminated in the process and infecting a number of women. It would be folly to believe that that kind of thing happens only in the United States. We have had the first known instance of it reported here in Australia – one has to wonder how many more… |