Peruvian Health Scare

Within the last six months, at least four people have gotten infected with HIV from routine blood transfusions at a Peruvian hospital in the port city of Callao. Additionally, 30 people have contracted Hepatitis C from the same procedure. People are already afraid of going to the hospital and using healthcare sevices, and this certainly isn't helping. A health official in D.C. estimates that a quarter of the blood that comes into the hospitals isn't properly screened for diseases before it is given to other patients. The health scare is being called a national emergency, and frankly, if I were Peruvian I would be terrified of hospitals. Click here for the full article.