HAYS — The Kansas Department of Health and Environment says about 400 patients at the Haysmed Hospital in Hays could have been exposed to Hepatitis c. The KDHE and the hospital are working jointly to notify patients who underwent cardiac catheterization at Hays from May 24, 2010, to Sept. 22, 2010. The U.S. attorney for New Hampshire charged David Kwiatkowski with obtaining controlled substances by fraud and tampering with a consumer product. According to an affidavit filed in federal court in New Hampshire, Kwiatkowski is accused of diverting drugs and infecting patients with hepatitis C while employed at Exeter Hospital in New Hampshire. Previously, Kwiatkowski worked as a contract radiology technician in the Haysmed cardiac catheterization laboratory from May 24, 2010, to Sept. 22, 2010. Haysmed and KDHE are urging all patients who were treated at the cardiac catheterization lab while Kwiatkowski worked there to receive testing for hepatitis C. A special telephone hotline has been established at 877-261-7140.
Monday, July 213, 3 p.m.