There are 44 patients in the Hepatitis C lawsuit Exeter Hospital in Exeter, New Hampshire.
Attorney McGrath stated that there is strength in numbers.  The class action reduces the risk and reduces the expenses.  These hepatitis claims are serious.  Hepatitis C can be terminal.

An anonymous victim spoke to reporters today about the Hepatitis C outbreak at Exeter Hospital in Exeter, New Hampshire.  Be sure to watch the local news. More information to follow.
If you or anyone you know was exposed to the Hep C disease at Exeter Hospital in Exeter, NH call our office at (603) 224-7111 to discuss your legal rights.

An anonymous victim spoke to reporters today about the Hepatitis C outbreak at Exeter Hospital in Exeter, New Hampshire.  More information to follow.
If you or anyone you know was exposed to the Hep C disease at Exeter Hospital in Exeter, NH call our office at (603) 224-7111 to discuss your legal rights.

Your Legal Rights
If you have been contacted by Exeter Hospital requesting testing for Hepatitis C following a surgical procedure, you may be entitled to compensation. You should act immediately to contact a lawyer experienced in matters involving medical negligence.

Our Lawyers Can Help

McGrath Law Firm, PA has filed legal claims on behalf of those who have been diagnosed with Hepatitis following surgical procedures at the these hospitals. We invite you to contact us for a free, confidential consultation about your legal rights.

We will represent patients throughout New Hampshire and beyond. We can help you, too, wherever you live.

McGrath Law Firm is helping people with their legal options.

“There is absolutely no excuse for a patient contracting hepatitis from a dirty needle in a hospital,” said Attorney Peter G. McGrath, former federal prosecutor.

“There are systems in place to prevent dirty needles in a hospital from ever getting used on patients, and in my opinion, there appears to be a system failure.”

call us at (603) 224-7111 or email us with any questions.

 

Your Legal Rights
If you have been contacted by Exeter Hospital requesting testing for Hepatitis C following a surgical procedure, you may be entitled to compensation. You should act immediately to contact a lawyer experienced in matters involving medical negligence.

Our Lawyers Can Help

McGrath Law Firm, PA has filed legal claims on behalf of those who have been diagnosed with Hepatitis following surgical procedures at the these hospitals. We invite you to contact us for a free, confidential consultation about your legal rights.

We will represent patients throughout New Hampshire and beyond. We can help you, too, wherever you live.

McGrath Law Firm is helping people with their legal options.

“There is absolutely no excuse for a patient contracting hepatitis from a dirty needle in a hospital,” said Attorney Peter G. McGrath, former federal prosecutor.

“There are systems in place to prevent dirty needles in a hospital from ever getting used on patients, and in my opinion, there appears to be a system failure.”

call us at (603) 224-7111 or email us with any questions.

 

Your Legal Rights
If you have been corrected by the Hospital requesting testing for Hepatitis C following a surgical procedure, you may be entitled to compensation. You should act immediately to contact a lawyer experienced in matters involving medical negligence.

Our Lawyers Can Help

McGrath Law Firm, PA has filed legal claims on behalf of those who have been diagnosed with Hepatitis following surgical procedures at the these hospitals. We invite you to contact us for a free, confidential consultation about your legal rights.

We will represent patients throughout New Hampshire and beyond. We can help you, too, wherever you live.

McGrath Law Firm is helping people with their legal options.

“There is absolutely no excuse for a patient contracting hepatitis from a dirty needle in a hospital,” said Attorney Peter G. McGrath, former federal prosecutor.

“There are systems in place to prevent dirty needles in a hospital from ever getting used on patients, and in my opinion, there appears to be a system failure.”

call us at (603) 224-7111 or email us with any questions.

 

Your Legal Rights regarding the Hepatitis C outbreak at Exeter Hospital in Exeter, NH.
If you have been contacted by Exeter Hospital requesting testing for Hepatitis C following a surgical procedure, you may be entitled to compensation. You should act immediately to contact a lawyer experienced in matters involving medical negligence.

Our Lawyers Can Help you with the Hepatitis C outbreak at Exeter Hospital in Exeter, NH.

McGrath Law Firm, PA has filed legal claims on behalf of those who have been diagnosed with Hepatitis C following surgical procedures at the the Exeter Hospital in New Hampshire.  We invite you to contact us for a free, confidential consultation about your legal rights.

We will represent patients throughout New Hampshire and beyond. We can help you, too, wherever you live.

McGrath Law Firm is helping people with their legal options regarding the Hepatitis C outbreak at Exeter Hospital in Exeter, NH.

“There is absolutely no excuse for a patient contracting hepatitis from a dirty needle in a hospital,” said Attorney Peter G. McGrath, former federal prosecutor.

“There are systems in place to prevent dirty needles in a hospital from ever getting used on patients, and in my opinion, there appears to be a system failure.”

call us at (603) 224-7111 or email us with any questions regarding the Hepatitis C outbreak at Exeter Hospital in Exeter, NH.

 

Your Legal Rights
If you have been corrected by the Hospital requesting testing for Hepatitis C following a surgical procedure, you may be entitled to compensation. You should act immediately to contact a lawyer experienced in matters involving medical negligence.

Our Lawyers Can Help

McGrath Law Firm, PA has filed legal claims on behalf of those who have been diagnosed with Hepatitis following surgical procedures at the these hospitals. We invite you to contact us for a free, confidential consultation about your legal rights.

We will represent patients throughout New Hampshire and beyond. We can help you, too, wherever you live.

McGrath Law Firm is helping people with their legal options.

“There is absolutely no excuse for a patient contracting hepatitis from a dirty needle in a hospital,” said Attorney Peter G. McGrath, former federal prosecutor.

“There are systems in place to prevent dirty needles in a hospital from ever getting used on patients, and in my opinion, there appears to be a system failure.”

call or email us with any questions.  (603) 224-7111

 

What You Should know/Your Health
If you have undergone a surgical procedure at Exeter Hospital, New Hampshire during the relevant time period, you should promptly consult your physician to arrange screening for Hepatitis C.

Definition

Hepatitis C is an infection caused by a virus that attacks the liver and leads to inflammation. Most people infected with the Hepatitis C virus (HCV) have no symptoms. In fact, most people don’t know they have the hepatitis C infection until liver damage shows up, decades later, during routine medical tests.

Hepatitis C is one of several hepatitis viruses and is generally considered to be among the most serious of these viruses. Hepatitis C is passed through contact with contaminated blood — most commonly through needles shared during illegal drug use.

Symptoms

Hepatitis C infection usually produces no signs or symptoms during its earliest stages. When signs and symptoms do occur, they’re generally mild and flu-like and may include:

Fatigue

Fever

Nausea or poor appetite

Muscle and joint pains

Tenderness in the area of your liver

Causes

Hepatitis C infection is caused by the hepatitis C virus (HCV). HCV is spread when you come in contact with contaminated blood.

Examples of how HCV can be spread include:

Shared needles. HCV can also spread through sharing contaminated needles when injecting drugs.

Childbirth. A small number of babies born to mothers with hepatitis C acquire the infection during childbirth.

Sexual contact. In rare cases, HCV may be transmitted sexually.

Complications

Hepatitis C infection that continues over many years can cause significant complications, such as:

Scarring of the liver tissue (cirrhosis).

After 20 to 30 years of hepatitis C infection, cirrhosis may occur. Scarring in your liver makes it difficult for your liver to function.

Liver cancer.

A small number of people with hepatitis C infection may develop liver cancer.

Liver failure.

A liver that is severely damaged by hepatitis C may be unable to function.

As many as 1,175 surgical patients at Exeter Hospital could have been exposed to the liver-crushing disease.

The Exeter Hospital Hepatitis C outbreak is not uncommon unfortunately. Although it is not in New Hampshire, below is an interesting case I found on Hepatitis C.
Former Colorado surgical tech reveals details of stolen drugs, Hepatitis C outbreak

As part of her plea arrangement with federal prosecutors, a former surgical technician at a Colorado Hospital explained how she infected at least 15 patients with hepatitis C by giving them needles she had used to feed her drug addiction to the painkiller Fentanyl.

Kristen Parker, who worked at Rose and later the Audubon Surgery Center in Colorado Springs, was arrested in 2010 and pleaded guilty in 2011 to a variety of charges based on stealing Fentanyl.

She admitted stealing syringes from operating rooms that she would inject herself with then refill the syringes with sterile saline solution and put them back in the operating rooms. But a hepatitis C infection she contracted from using heroin caused her to spread the infectious disease to at least 15 surgical patients.