15 cases of Hep. C at A.C. hospital

By 6abc
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - April 24, 2009 - The cases at AtlantiCare Regional Medical Center date back as far as 2005.

Those stricken are patients at the hospital's dialysis unit. But health officials say they do not know whether the cases are linked to the hospital.

Hepatitis C attacks the liver and can be fatal.

The state says that in 2007, there were more than 100 acute cases and more than 7,000 chronic cases statewide.

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Information from: The Press of Atlantic City

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