One former hospital employee was sentenced recently for infecting dozens of patients with Hepatitis C, according to an article on the St. Louis Post-Dispatch website. The thirty-four-year-old man would steal pain killers in the hospitals he worked in, and replace them with saline-filled syringes that had his own blood on them. Many patients used these syringes, and now those patients have the same strain of Hepatitis C the employee has.

The New Hampshire man expressed how sorry he was, as the victims were given the opportunity to tell him about the incredible amount of pain they were in because of what he had done. For these patients, life will never be the same again. The employee stated that it was his addiction to painkillers that caused him to replace the medications with tainted saline.

While these types of despicable practices are rare, they do happen. Injuries like these should not go unanswered for. As your St. Louis personal injury attorney, we want you to know that if you feel you have received poor medical treatment in an area St. Louis hospital or other medical facility, legal assistance is available for you.

This man got thirty-nine years in prison for his crimes. However, no amount of prison time will undo the pain that he has caused. As your St. Louis medical malpractice attorney, we’re dedicated to making sure justice is served in your case too.