A proposed settlement of a class-action lawsuit would award patients who contracted hepatitis C after being infected at one of three pain management clinics $330,000 each, attorneys said Thursday. The proposed agreement for $25 million also would give $625 each to patients who were exposed but didn't contract the illness. Sixty-two patients contracted hepatitis C after being exposed to the virus. A nurse anesthetist reused needles and syringes when administering pain medication at the clinics. Norman Regional Hospital and Northwest Surgical Hospital and the Oklahoma Center for Orthopedic and Multi-Specialty Hospital, both in Oklahoma City, were named as defendants.
Posted by Editor at November 7, 2003 10:44 AM