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Nicoletta Lanese

2,400 people in Oregon potentially exposed to HIV, hepatitis through botched anesthesia

A close-up of an iV drip with a hospital environment blurred in the background.

Around 2,400 people treated in Oregon hospitals may have been exposed to HIV, hepatitis or other blood-borne infections due to an anesthesiologist's improper administration of drugs.

Providence, a health care system that operates in several states, notified the public of the exposure risk in a statement Thursday (July 11). 

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