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Monday, 17 October 2011

West Ottawa clinic behind infection scare

A west Ottawa clinic operated by Dr. Christiane Farazli might have exposed almost 7,000 patients to hepatitis B, hepatitis C and HIV, it was announced Monday.

CBCNews.ca will livestream a 1:30 p.m. ET news conference where Dr. Isra Levy will reveal other specific information related to the clinic. This comes the same day letters were sent by Ottawa Public Health to about 6,800 people who had procedures at the clinic, warning them they should be tested for the three infections.

Levy announced Saturday Ottawa Public Health has been investigating the facility for the past several months because of "lapses in infection control" that may have led to those patients being exposed.  Read More

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