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Saturday, July 27, 2013
Kazakhstan
Kazakh Officials Probe Claims That Leukemia Patients Exposed To Hepatitis
By RFE/RL's Kazakh Service
July 25, 2013
Kazakhstan's Health Ministry has asked the state Prosecutor-General's Office to launch a probe into claims that more than 30 young leukemia patients were recently infected with the hepatitis C virus (HCV) at a medical center in Astana.
The request stems from complaints from parents who alleged their children contracted HCV while being treated for leukemia at the National Center for Mothers and Children.
The parents allege in their complaints that the children -- aged 3 months to 16 years -- were infected while receiving blood transfusions at the hospital...
Saturday, July 27, 2013
Kazakhstan
Kazakh Officials Probe Claims That Leukemia Patients Exposed To Hepatitis
By RFE/RL's Kazakh Service
July 25, 2013
Kazakhstan's Health Ministry has asked the state Prosecutor-General's Office to launch a probe into claims that more than 30 young leukemia patients were recently infected with the hepatitis C virus (HCV) at a medical center in Astana.
The request stems from complaints from parents who alleged their children contracted HCV while being treated for leukemia at the National Center for Mothers and Children.
The parents allege in their complaints that the children -- aged 3 months to 16 years -- were infected while receiving blood transfusions at the hospital...