Desai may be told: ‘Not so fast, Doc’

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If he tries to leave the country, he’ll likely face some questions first

Authorities have “flagged” the passport of the majority owner of the Las Vegas medical center responsible for the hepatitis C crisis, meaning that if Dr. Dipak Desai were to try to leave the country, law enforcement officials would be notified, sources close to an investigation said.

The flagging of Desai’s passport, which authorities arranged after serving a search warrant at the Endoscopy Center of Southern Nevada last month, would not prevent him from leaving the country, according to sources who requested anonymity because their investigation into conditions surrounding the hepatitis C scare is ongoing.

It would allow them, however, to attempt to interview Desai before he left the country.

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Authorities believe Desai, a native of India who has been licensed to practice medicine in Nevada since 1980, is still in Las Vegas.

Las Vegas Sun

Background: Recently over 40,000 people who received anesthesia at the Endoscopy Center of Southern Nevada between March 2004 and January 2008 are being urged to be tested for hepatitis, strains C and B, and HIV because syringes were reused to save money.

Notice the BIG difference in public outcry of this "white collar" crime with thousands of victims, some literally given a death sentence. Officials are without doubt about the reuse of syringes and are well aware of the need to contact over 40,000 former patients. Yet, this doctor is not in jail. And, they THINK he is still in Las Vegas!

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1. they BELIEVE?

you mean they can find four poor blacks in Miami, who wanted SHOES, for crap sakes, and charge them with a planned attack on Sears Tower, and they cannot find a doctor in Nevada?