Taiwan hospital transplants 5 HIV-infected organs
Monday, August 29, 2011 - 10:30
in Health & Medicine
TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) -- One of Taiwan's best regarded hospitals mistakenly transplanted HIV-infected organs into five patients after a hospital staffer misheard the donor's test results by telephone, the hospital said....
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