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Infected Illegal Body Parts

Discussion in 'Break Room' started by Mark Russell, Feb 7, 2006.


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    Informed consent? Patricia Battisti had thought her back surgery in early 2005 was routine. A letter from her hospital nearly a year later made it clear she was wrong.

    Battisti was informed that the cadaver bone that was implanted in her back may have been infected with various viruses -- the result of what investigators say was a large-scale scheme in which corpses were cut up and body parts illegally sold.......

    http://www.wftv.com/news/6405544/de...trange&tmi=orlc_strange_1_10000601252006&ts=H

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/4552742.stm
     
    Last edited: Feb 7, 2006
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