Firebase Network's Veterans Hour - Sunday March 30, 2008 10 PM EST

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Firebase Network's Veterans Hour
Sunday,
March, 30, 2008
7:00~8:00 PM Eastern
Down Under Monday 10:00~11:00 Eastern
http://www.stardustent.com/
Toll free Number to join in
877-213-4329

Welcome Home

Each hour of every day, three people die from Hepatitis C or it's
related conditions! Two of these people have Military backgrounds. This
week we welcome Tricia Lupole from http://www.hcvets.com/ to the
broadcast. Tricia will update us on the "Test the Rest" program as well
as any new treatments that are available. She will also give information
about getting a free test kit.



Tricia will include an update on the Hepatitis C outbreak at Fort Bliss' TX,
William Beaumont Army Medical Center. So far, 15 patients have tested
positive. Court records show the alleged victims include the son of
former Fort Bliss commanding general, an active-duty soldier, the wife
of a retired Marine Corps gunnery sergeant and a retired Army chief
warrant officer.


Retired Army captain, Jon Dale Jones, a former nurse anesthetist,
was arrested this month in Miami on federal charges accused of infecting .
patients with the virus. Amiss the charges, Hospital staff at Riverside
Regional Medical Center in Newport News, Virginia, realized Jones
had worked there also and asked more than 300 former patients to
come in for blood tests.


Another large-scale patient notification also went out this month to
40,000 patients that underwent procedure at several Las Vegas Endoscopy
Clinics. Five nurses lost their jobs because they allegedly reused
syringes (not needles) and single use vials of anesthesia medication on
multiple patients. According to the head of the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention, the outbreak of hepatitis C at a Nevada clinic
may represent “the tip of an iceberg” of safety problems at clinics
around the country.


During an emotional public hearing held to clam fears, Evelyn McKnight,
a Nebraska resident and advocate for more stringent regulations on
outpatient surgery centers since being infected with hepatitis C while
treated for breast cancer eight years ago, urged Nevadans to demand
safer practices from their doctors. "People ask me what they should do
to protect themselves"... "I tell them to demand...one needle, one
syringe ... One vial... It's that simple."


These tragic and avoidable events support the claim by millions of
Hepatitis C infected retired military and veterans that stood in line
for vaccinations with reusable syringes, needles, vials, and jetguns. It
was standard practice during the peak of the hepatitis c epidemic when
an estimated 292,000 people tested positive, yearly.



Join the discussion and find out how to file a claim. Get help and
support while proving to Veteran's Affairs that service was a huge risk
factor for this disease.


Your questions and comments are welcome at 877-213-4329.

Semper Fi
Rick Townsend
Firebase Adrian