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69 dialysis patients were infected with hepatitis C at a hospital in Jiangsu Province, China. This is the latest incident of patients being infected by hepatitis C after receiving dialysis treatment at a Chinese hospital.
In the past ten years, hepatitis C has spread across cities in China—Tongshan in Jiangsu Province, Dali in Yunnan Province, Zhen’an in Shaanxi Province, Qingdao in Shandong Province—which happened after patients received dialysis treatment at hospitals.
Infected by Hepatitis C
Local officials of Dongtai City in Jiangsu Province stated on May 27 that 69 patients with severe kidney disease were infected by hepatitis C after receiving dialysis treatment at the haemodialysis center of Dongtai People’s Hospital.
Nicole Hao is a Washington-based reporter focused on China-related topics. Before joining the Epoch Media Group in July 2009, she worked as a global product manager for a railway business in Paris, France.
