Daily Archives: March 1st, 2008

City shuts down Endoscopy Center of Southern Nevada 

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Nevada Hepatitis Warning - Endoscopy Center of Southern Nevada Malpractice

The subject of controversy is an entity known as Southern Nevada Endoscopy Center.

The Nevada Secretary of State indicates two limited liability companies registered under that name, both active:
The first reflects that Clifford Carrol, MD and the Hari Om Limited Partnership are officers.

The second company, which has the same name but is listed as Endoscopy Center of Southern Nevada II, lists Dipak Desai, MD and Vishvinder Sharma, MD as officers.

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Hepatitis C outbreak springs from Endoscopy Center of Nevada; 40,000 at risk

Following a joint investigation with the Nevada State Bureau of Licensure and Certification (BLC) and with consultation from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the health district determined that unsafe injection practices related to the administration of anesthesia medication might have exposed patients to the blood of other patients.

Okay. Who’s handling the class action civil suit? My entire family is affected by this. I hope that there will be criminal charges filed as well. A member of my family has had two procedures done at this chop-shop within the time parameters. Now we both have to undergo tests. Who is going to pay for these tests? If we test positive, who is going to pay for our care? Yes, I have insurance, through the company I work for, but it is certainly not a policy I would have bought for myself. They are so Scrooge-like that I have to fight with them every time I have a routine doctor’s visit.

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As of this afternoon (Feb. 29) at 3 p.m. four lawsuits had been filed against the Endoscopy Center of Southern Nevada.

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Berkley To Feds: Investigate Endoscopy Center

State Senator Appeals To U.S. Senate For Help

POSTED: 3:26 pm PST February 28, 2008
UPDATED: 10:32 pm PST February 28, 2008
CARSON CITY, Nev. — Valley residents are not the only ones angered by a clinic exposing 40,000 former patients to hepatitis C — one state senator is now asking Congress to get involved. In a letter to four U.S. senators, state Rep. Shelley Berkley asked Congress to investigate the Endoscopy Center of Southern Nevada.