New Hampshire hospital worker to be sentenced for spreading hepatitis

(Reuters) - A former New Hampshire hospital technician who infected patients as old as 80 with hepatitis after injecting himself with stolen painkillers will learn on Monday how much of his life will be spent in prison. The technician, David Kwiatkowski, 34, in August admitted to leaving dirty syringes for hospital use despite knowing that he was infected with hepatitis C. He pleaded guilty to obtaining controlled substances by fraud and tampering with a consumer product. Kwiatkowski has asked U.S. District Judge Joseph Laplante to sentence him to 30 years in federal prison. ...



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