1-800-GET-THIN clinics put patients at risk, lawsuit alleges
Wednesday, June 13, 2012 - 02:30
in Health & Medicine
Surgery centers affiliated with the 1-800-GET-THIN ad campaign used improperly sterilized equipment during Lap-Band weight-loss surgeries, two ex-workers say in the lawsuit.Surgery centers affiliated with the 1-800-GET-THIN ad campaign used improperly sterilized surgical equipment during Lap-Band weight-loss surgeries and failed to notify several patients that they might have been exposed to the hepatitis C virus, two former workers alleged in a new lawsuit.