Las Vegas in the heart of a scandal

The clinic in Las Vegas in the heart of a scandal that will compel health 40,000 people to be screened for Hepatitis and AIDS was closed by the mayor of the great city of Nevada (west ), it was learned Sunday from the municipality. "The Endoscopy Center of Southern Nevada has received notification of the suspension of his licence," said the mayor in a statement, recalling that the practices of the institution were "well below the acceptable medical criteria." Thursday, Nevada authorities had invited some 40,000 people to be screened for hepatitis B, C and AIDS post on the day of "methods risk" of the Centre. According to the Department of Health of Nevada in the south, an investigation launched after the discovery of six cases of acute hepatitis among former patients of this institution, "highlighted the reuse of syringes" and "the use of individual doses of anaesthetic on several patients. " Meanwhile, the Attorney of the County of Clark, whose Las Vegas is the capital, said his office did not initiate criminal proceedings against those responsible for the clinic, particularly for negligence or endangering the lives of others. "This will not happen tomorrow or the day after, but we look carefully and diligently all the facts in this case," said David Roger, quoted by the television KLAS-TV. The chain has also said that four law firms had already started to collect the records of former patients of the centre, for what could become a complaint to the civil partnership ( "class action") on a massive scale. According to the health department, the methods "at risk" of the clinic were spread over nearly four years. This is especially hepatitis C, which might be transmitted by using the same syringes. But the administration has also called for "a screening of hepatitis B and HIV, because these two diseases can be transmitted via the same methods to injection (...) however, the risk of transmission of hepatitis B and HIV is lower, and no cases of hepatitis B or HIV has been identified, "she announced Thursday. The clinic had not explained how his staff had been able to use it, and for so long, methods, in violation of all rules of health and common sense. "We want to express our deep concern to many patients who have placed their trust in us for all these years (...) we have taken steps to ensure that (these) never happen again," declared representatives of establishment.