Posted on 09/12/2012 12:20:29 PM PDT by count-your-change
"Last April, at the Abbey Garden on Great College Street in London, a British widow vented her frustration over a now-defunct state program in Arkansas that may have killed her husband. She addressed Lord Archer of Sandwell, a former solicitor general, who is leading an independent inquiry into how 4,500 hemophilia patients in the UK were exposed to lethal viruses in blood products in the 1970s and '80s. Two thousand have since died of either Hepatitis C or HIV, in what has been called the worst disaster in the history of the nation's health service."
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There are some insanely evil people out there.
From MDNews.Com Bloodless Surgery Grows in Popularity
Filed under: Hematology | Surgery
“More physicians today are turning to bloodless surgery, also referred to as blood conservation, because it is believed to be often healthier, safer and less costly for patients than standard surgical procedures.”
The article goes on to explain the above and list some centers that have specialized departments for ‘bloodless’ surgery, even heart surgery.
By: Jessica Grogan, MDNews.com April 15, 2011
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