Friday, June 8, 2012

San Diego lap band surgery centers accused of unsafe procedures that may have spread hepatitis C

San Diego lap band surgery centers accused of unsafe procedures that may have spread hepatitis C

By Stephanie O'Neill
A new whistleblower lawsuit against the owners of the surgery centers affiliated with the 1-800-GET-THIN campaign alleges that a clinic in San Diego may have exposed several patients to hepatitis C, and then failed to report the exposure to authorities.
This lawsuit against surgery center owners Julian and Michael Omidi was filed on behalf of two women who used to work at their San Diego clinic.
It alleges that a series of surgeries late last year may have left some patients exposed to a possible hepatitis C infection. That’s the most serious form of hepatitis, and can lead to liver cancer. 
The suit blames the hep C incident on unsafe procedures, alleging that the clinic’s one machine that was used to sterilize surgical instruments frequently malfunctioned. Plaintiff Amy Demonbreun is a former surgery technician at the center. She says in early January of this year, she discovered tests showing that the machine had not properly sterilized tools that were used in eight procedures on December 30.
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