Doctor Linked Hepatitis
A Toms River, New Jersey oncologist names Dr. Parvez Dara is being sued by one of his patients. Dara’s patient of Manchester, Ronald Jacobson, claims he contracted hepatitis B following treatment in Dara’s offices for prostate cancer in 2008 and 2009. According to his lawyer, earlier testing showed that Jacobsen was not infected prior to treatment by Dara.
Dr. Dara was implicated in a hepatitis B outbreak that took place earlier this year. The New Jersey state health officials say that at least 29 of Dara’s nearly 2,800 patients have been diagnosed with hepatitis B and are now suggesting that many more of the patients treated at that patients treated at his office get tested for blood borne disease.
