LAS VEGAS. A southern Nevada medical clinic, operating as the Endoscopy Center of Southern Nevada, had reportedly been re-using syringes on multiple patients for several years, possibly as far back as March of 2004. Patients who received injections using second hand syringes may have been exposed to dangerous and highly contagious viruses including Hepatitis B and C as well as HIV, the virus which causes AIDS.

According State health officials, as many as 40,000 people may have been patients of the clinic during the subject time period and should be tested for all three viruses as soon as possible in order to best safeguard their own health and the health of those to whom they may have inadvertently transmitted these viruses.According to Parker Scheer Attorney, Andre Lagomarsino, a leading Las Vegas trial lawyer with significant experience in medical malpractice litigation, “the practice of using the same syringe on multiple patients, while rare, constitutes an extreme example of medical negligence, and may give rise to significant malpractice claims by those who contracted viral infection or other harm as a result of the clinic’s negligence”.

Persons who were patients of the clinic between March 1, 2004 and the present, who feel they may have suffered infection as a result of the negligence of the Endoscopy Center of Southern Nevada, are encouraged to contact the firm’s Las Vegas office, toll free, seven days a week, at 866-414-0400 or complete a confidential on-line request for assistance. All inquiries will be maintained in strict confidence.

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