Police in India arrested two doctors on homicide charges for spreading hepatitis B by injecting patients with used needles.
Police in India arrested two doctors on homicide charges for spreading hepatitis B by injecting patients with used needles.
At least 34 people have died in an outbreak of the disease in the town of Modasa in western Gujarat state, the Press Trust of India news agency said.
Modassa Points Finger at Gujarat Govt For Hepatitis B
Residents of Hepatitis-B affected Modassa in Gujarat have accused the State Government of apathy leading to the spread of Hepatitis B.
Residents of Hepatitis-B affected Modassa in Gujarat have accused the State Government of apathy leading to the spread of Hepatitis B.
"The two doctors arrested today are charged with culpable homicide as many of the patients treated by them were found hepatitis B positive and some have died," Modasa police chief K.K. Maysorewala said.
Six other doctors were earlier arrested on charges of criminal negligence.
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