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ROME (Feb. 21) - Three patients at hospitals in Tuscany were mistakenly given organs from an HIV-positive donor, raising serious concerns about transplant procedures in Italy.



Lorenzo Galassi, AP
Medical officials in Florence, Italy, answer questions about the transplant of HIV organs as prosecutors open an investigation.

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A 41-year-old woman's kidneys and liver were taken after she died of a brain hemorrhage at Florence's Careggi hospital and were implanted due "to a tragic human error," the hospital said in a statement Monday. The director of the regional transplants agency said the patients' chances of infection are high.

The HIV test on the organs had come back positive, but "unfortunately the expert who did the report wrote down 'negative' for all the tests, including this one," said Careggi director Mauro Marabini.

The three patients have been told of the mistake and will undergo tests to determine if they have been infected with the virus that causes AIDS. The three were receiving anti-retroviral drugs.

"They asked immediately if the transplanted organ was working, and it was working perfectly," Marabini said. "They reacted quite calmly."


Franco Filipponi, director of the regional transplant agency, told the news agency ANSA that the likelihood of infection is high. "Even if the implanted organs do not carry blood the virus can still be present in some cells and can therefore be transmitted," he said.

Prosecutors in Florence opened an investigation, ANSA reported.

Health Minister Livia Turco pledged to improve safety measures once the inquiry was completed, but stressed that the transplant system has saved many lives. "I cannot hide my preoccupation for an excessive alarm that could reduce trust in this system and slow the growth of donations, leading to further damage for other patients," Turco said.

Italy's public health system is not new to scandal. Last month, authorities ordered nationwide inspections after a magazine report on Rome's largest hospital showed images of corridors soiled with dog feces and garbage, unguarded radioactive material, abandoned medical records and workers smoking next to patients.

Police found that about 17 percent of hospitals, mostly in southern and central Italy, had problems serious enough to recommend possible judicial investigations against 111 people.


2/20/2007 20:25:53
 
this is a horrible situation....well sort of

with todays medicene u can live with the virus

but these people were on their way out without the organ transplant

although they may be positive, they may have added an additional 20 years to their life

its a bizzare situation to be in?

Die or become HIV positive
 
alexw said:
this is a horrible situation....well sort of

with todays medicene u can live with the virus

but these people were on their way out without the organ transplant

although they may be positive, they may have added an additional 20 years to their life

its a bizzare situation to be in?

Die or become HIV positive

that is quite the predicament to be put in. :smh: unfortunate circumstance indeed
 
For the medical mistake, they should get whatever "magic" they gave to Magic Johnson free of charge.
 
I remember a long time ago, like in 1989-90, some 21 year old chick got AIDS from her dentist. Her fucking dentist!!!

The fucked up thing was she ended up dying before his ass did.
:smh:
 
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