U.S. hospital worker sentenced to 39 years for spreading hepatitis

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U.S. hospital worker sentenced to 39 years for spreading hepatitis

<p><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/n-h-hospital-worker-sentenced-39-years-spreading-185346458.html"><img src="http://l3.yimg.com/bt/api/res/1.2/WUCzopkiCjDOdxCVgC1pRg--/YXBwaWQ9eW5ld3M7Zmk9ZmlsbDtoPTg2O3E9NzU7dz0xMzA-/http://media.zenfs.com/en_us/News/Reuters/2013-12-02T190717Z_1_CBRE9B11H4800_RTROPTP_2_USA-CRIMT-HEPATITUS.JPG" width="130" height="86" alt="New Hampshire Department of Justice photograph of David Kwiatkowski" align="left" title="New Hampshire Department of Justice photograph of David Kwiatkowski" border="0" /></a>By Daniel Lovering CONCORD, New Hampshire (Reuters) - A former New Hampshire hospital technician who caused dozens of people to become infected with hepatitis C when he injected himself with syringes of pain killers that were then used on patients was sentenced to 39 years in prison on Monday. David Kwiatkowski, 34, admitted in August to stealing the drugs and leaving used syringes for hospital use for years despite knowing he was infected with hepatitis C, a potentially fatal virus that attacks the liver. He was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Joseph Laplante in Concord, New Hampshire, after pleading guilty to obtaining controlled substances by fraud and tampering with a consumer product. The judge said his actions verged on &quot;cruelty.&quot; &quot;The whole reason I got into healthcare was to help people, and my addiction took that away,&quot; Kwiatkowski said before being sentenced.</p><br clear="all"/>

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