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450 Patients File Lawsuit Against Salem Hospital After Potential Exposure To HIV, Hepatitis 450 Patients File Lawsuit Against Salem Hospital After Potential Exposure To HIV, Hepatitis
450 Patients File Lawsuit Against Salem Hospital After Potential Exposure To HIV, Hepatitis Patients have filed a class-action lawsuit against Salem Hospital after nearly 450 of them say they were potentially exposed to HIV and hepatitis through their IVs. Endoscopy patients at Salem Hospital “were potentially exposed to infection due to the administration of their intravenous medication in a manner not consistent with our best practice,” the hospital said in a statement to the Daily Voice. The patients were potentially exposed over two years. It all started with one contractor, who no longer works at Salem Hospital, according to a hospital spokesperson. Salem Hospital said it s…

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Regretful Road Rage: Norwood Man Stabs Mass General Bus Driver, Turns Himself In, Police Say Regretful Road Rage: Norwood Man Stabs Mass General Bus Driver, Turns Himself In, Police Say
Regretful Road Rage: Norwood Man Stabs Mass General Bus Driver, Turns Himself In, Police Say The man who committed a "random act of violence" against a hospital shuttle bus driver has been arrested, officials say. Charles Wilkerson Jr., 27, was arrested around 9:00 p.m. on Wednesday, March 29 after turning himself into police for stabbing a Mass General Brigham shuttle bus driver in the area of 3841 Washington Street in Roslindale earlier that same day, according to the Boston Police Department.  Wilkerson, of Norwood, began a fight with the shuttle bus driver and stabbed him in the leg. Police received reports of the stabbing around 4:45 p.m. and say the …

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by Morgan Gonzales
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6-Week-Old Girl From Cape Cod Battling RSV At Boston's Children Hospital 6-Week-Old Girl From Cape Cod Battling RSV At Boston's Children Hospital
6-Week-Old Girl From Cape Cod Battling RSV At Boston's Children Hospital A 6-week-old girl is one of thousands of people in Massachusetts to contract a virus that has seen a surge in cases over the past month.  Katie Hauge's niece Kinsley was hospitalized with Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) at Boston Children's Hospital on Friday, Nov. 4, Hauge said in a GoFundMe campaign.  Kinsley's parents, Josh and Mariah, have been traveling from Cape Cod to Boston to visit their daughter while she remains in the intensive care unit, Hauge said.  "With Kinsley only being 6 weeks into this world and the lack of maternity leave benefits available, Mariah spends the majori…

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by David Cifarelli