Steinik v. Doctors Hospital

Serum hepatitis is a debilitating, sometimes fatal, disease. Caused by a virus that is carried in the blood, it can be transmitted when a person receives a transfusion from an infected donor. This presents a serious medical problem because an infected donor is sometimes impossible to detect. If his case is mild, he himself might not even know he is sick. There is no known test that can be given to the donor or his blood that can find infection in all cases. Nor is there any known way to purify the blood before transfusion. In short, no matter how carefully all concerned perform, some patients…