Las Vegas Sun

March 28, 2024

Hepatitis C hotline available

The Southern Nevada Health District has set up a hotline to help thousands of patients who may have been exposed to hepatitis or HIV at a Las Vegas clinic.

Health officials said on Wednesday that an estimated 40,000 people who visited the Endoscopy Center of Southern Nevada at 700 Shadow Lane between March 2004 and Jan. 11 may have been exposed to the diseases when practitioners reused syringes to administer medications.

So far, state and local health officials have confirmed that six people have contracted hepatitis C after they underwent procedures requiring anesthesia at the clinic.

Health officials say that contacting the thousands of patients who had procedures at the clinic is the largest notification of its kind in U.S. history.

The health district's hotline is (702) 759-4636.

More information is available at the Southern Nevada Health District Web site .

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