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A class action lawsuit has been launched against medical supply company, Biomedical Tissue Services, by hundreds of Louisiana transplant recipients. According to the plaintiffs, several of the transplanted body parts, stolen from corpses, may have been infected with syphilis, hepatitis, or covered with cancer.
 
The lawsuit claims that the New York supply company sold unscreened and illegal tissue and bone to various hospitals across the state. It is estimated that the infected tissue may have been implanted into numerous recipients since 2002.

La. recipients of dubious transplant parts sue companies

2The Advocate.com - 3/4/2006 12:54 AM

A class action lawsuit has been launched against medical supply company, Biomedical Tissue Services, by hundreds of Louisiana transplant recipients. According to the plaintiffs, several of the transplanted body parts, stolen from corpses, may have been infected with syphilis, hepatitis, or covered with cancer.
 
The lawsuit claims that the New York supply company sold unscreened and illegal tissue and bone to various hospitals across the state. It is estimated that the infected tissue may have been implanted into numerous recipi
 
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Posted by Syphilis is treatable but it's an awful disease. I on 3/16/2007 | Filed Under: Prosthetics, Implants & Pacemakers

Syphilis is treatable but it's an awful disease. I could link to photos but they're a bit gruesome for a family show like this. WBR LeoP


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