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Another Las Vegas clinic had been cited by state inspectors for violations that include failure to clean equipment used in endoscopies, employees failing to wear proper gloves and masks during procedures and failing to change cleaning containers between patients.
Digestive Disease Specialists, a clinic that bid on a lucrative contract at University Medical Center at the same time Dr. Dipak Desai did, was cited by the Bureau of Licensure and Certification after investigators visited the clinic on Feb. 13, 2008.
Desai is the focus of federal, state and county investigations into his clinic, Endoscopy Center of Southern Nevada at 700 Shadow Lane, after six patients there contracted hepatitis C.
The violations at Digestive Disease Specialists also include failure to keep records, including tuberculosis tests on employees and whether they had had physical exams as required by state law.
In one instance, state investigators watched as part of an endoscope stuck out of the disinfectant on Feb. 13. A technician told the state team that quarterly bacteria cultures "always came back negative."
But a charge nurse reported that she was aware of at least one positive culture in the past.
Digestive Disease Specialists lost a bid for the UMC contract to Desai. Although Desai's offer was twice as expensive, both proposal costs much more than previous contracts. Desai renegotiated his contract with the hospital for nearly $1 million annually to direct the hospital's gastoenterology department.
40,000 people potentially infected with serious diseases by careless medical clinics raises hopes of attorneys for winfall profits. They taut their wares on TV promosing financial rewards for damages, but it is only a promise.
A 80 year old friend of mine died of lung cancer from asbsestos after waiting 10 years for his financial reward fo damages during his contact with asbestos in ship yards.
For ten years he was jockied around, promised this and that, filed numerous papers over and over again.Delay after delay postponed the case for 10 years. Despite his excellent record keeping in the final analysis he was told he did not have sufficient grounds to continue the law suite. After 10 years of promises he got not one dollar...he died from lung cancer directly caused by asbestos exposure. the promise of local attorneys is no different and the result will be many years away if any.
Who will profit? probably only the attorneys who always make sure they get their cut of the cake first...Suckers beware who you choose as an attorney.
Virgil Sestini