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December 07, 2005

Voronezh Residents Treated With Contaminated Blood

(RFE/RL)

7 December 2005 -- Health authorities in Russia's central Voronezh Oblast fear dozens of residents are at risk of contracting HIV after being given blood contaminated by the AIDS virus.

Voronezh Oblast's chief doctor, Mikhail Chubirko, said today 208 patients have received albumin injections from a female donor who was HIV-positive.


Chubirko said 70 people have already been identified and will undergo tests in the coming days.


The regional prosecutor's office has opened an investigation into whether doctors at the blood-transfusion center had taken all proper safety precautions.


(local agencies)


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