PATIENTS INFECTED WITH HEPATITIS C

TWELVE patients at a German hospital have so far been found to have hepatitis C after undergoing surgery involving an anaesthetist who is himself infected with the disease.

The practitioner, who no longer works at the Donau-Ries Clinic in Donauwoerth, infected the individuals during surgery, a local health authority said.

Prosecutors have opened investigations. He was addicted to medication, according to the health body.

Given that hepatitis C is normally transmitted through blood contact, it is unclear how the patients became infected. African News Agency (ANA)