Throwback to one of the nastiest medical scandals of the 2000s: the 2007–2008 hepatitis C outbreak at the Endoscopy Center of Southern Nevada run by a Dipak Desai, an imported jeet doctor. Investigators said patients were rushed through procedures. Syringes and medication vials were reused. Exam rooms were left visibly contaminated. He would finish colonoscopies by
yanking scopes out of patients, spraying fecal matter in the exam room. Maybe it reminded him of home.
More than 60,000 former patients were suddenly told they might have been exposed to hepatitis or even HIV. The clinic was shut down and the jeet was convicted in connection with patient deaths linked to the outbreak. A reminder of how catastrophic Indians in healthcare are and always have been. Never believe that old imports are somehow better quality, they've always been shit.
What stands out to me is how cheap it all is. The shortcuts weren’t even saving real money. Prosecutors said the clinic reused syringes and single-use medication vials to save literal pocket change. $5-10 per patient. In exchange, patients were exposed to bloodborne diseases that can ruin or end lives. Is not getting hepatitis C worth more to you than $10? A jeet might disagree.