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Doctor 'Infected 276 Patients'

Posted on: Tuesday, 13 September 2005, 06:00 CDT

MADRID A prosecutor is seeking a 2,214-year jail term for a Spanish anaesthetist accused of infecting 276 patients with hepatitis C between 1988 and 1998 in the eastern city of Valencia

. Four of cases are for murder. Juan Maeso, 63, a morphine addict, allegedly administered a portion of drugs to himself and then injected the remainder of the syringe's contents into the patients. The trial is expected to last a year.

Source: Independent, The; London (UK)

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