{"id":1804,"date":"2019-03-25T00:19:00","date_gmt":"1970-01-01T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/live-tcan.pantheonsite.io\/?page_id=1804"},"modified":"2019-03-25T00:19:00","modified_gmt":"1970-01-01T00:00:00","slug":"scripps-green-hospital-hiv-and-hepatitis-case","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usclassactions.com\/?p=1804","title":{"rendered":"Scripps Green Hospital HIV and Hepatitis Case"},"content":{"rendered":"

Scripps Green Hospital is suspected of exposing patients to HIV, hepatitis B, and hepatitis C.\u00a0 According to reports, a surgical technologist allegedly exposed patients to contaminated needles, syringes or other operating room materials.\u00a0 If you were a surgery patient at Scripps Green Hospital any time during May or June of 2013, you may have been exposed to a serious health risk.\u00a0 We are accepting cases for victims of Scripps Green\u00a0Hospital and you won\u2019t have to pay any lawyer fees up front. \u00a0If you have received a letter or want additional information, Contact us: fill out the form on this page or call us at 213-212-2202<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Background<\/h5>\n

The surgical worker, Rocky Allen, who has since been indicted on two federal laws, worked at seven different medical facilities identified so far.\u00a0 Reports <\/a>indicate that he has been caught stealing syringes and needles from hospitals, and switching out patient needles with contaminated needles.\u00a0 He has been fired from his job many times for drug use and failing to use proper hygienic medical procedure.<\/p>\n

In June 2013, Allen was fired from Scripps Green Hospital in La Jolla, California, after he was observed replacing a doctor’s fentanyl syringe with a syringe filled with saline, according to court documents.\u00a0When confronted about the switch, he produced the fentanyl syringe, which he had hidden in his sock, and admitted that he planned to inject it, his termination letter states.\u00a0It is also reported that at Swedish Hospital (click here for more information)<\/a> in Denver, Colorado, he was caught stealing a syringe filled with fentanyl from an operating room, was tested for fentanyl in his blood and it was positive.\u00a0It appears he was taking fentanyl and using the same syringes as patients.\u00a0 Fentanyl as an extremely potent narcotic used as part of anesthesia to help prevent pain after surgery or other medical procedures. If you would like a free legal evaluation,\u00a0please\u00a0fill out the confidential form on this page or call us at 213-212-2202<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

Prior Employment at Hospitals<\/h5>\n

Allen has been employed and fired from the following hospitals:<\/p>\n