Schoolboy at Risk of Serious Illness After Hospital Used Unsterilised Equipment

Teen among patients at risk of HIV and Hepatitis after NHS hospital fitted braces with unsterilised equipment

Twenty-one patients at a Welsh hospital are undergoing testing for HIV and hepatitis following the use of unsterilised surgical instruments during fitting of dental braces.Among those affected is Ieuan Williams, a 15-year-old pupil at Cwmbran High School, who had braces fitted in the hospital's orthodontic department on February 25.The error occurred across two days at Royal Gwent Hospital in Newport, with procedures carried out on February 25-2…

'They Tried to Cover It Up' — Father's Fury After Son Faces Six Months of HIV Tests Following Royal Gwent Hospital Sterilisation Failure

Lee Williams found out his 15-year-old son might be facing months of HIV and hepatitis testing not from the hospital that treated him, but from a stranger dressed in medical scrubs who knocked on their front door. The visitor was a whistleblower, and the letter they delivered would force a Welsh NHS health board to confront a sterilisation failure it had known about for nearly three weeks. Ieuan Williams, who had braces fitted at the Royal Gwent…

Schoolboy at risk of serious illness after hospital used unsterilised equipment

A teenage from Wales discovered he is involved in a terrifying hospital scandal when a mysterious man knocked on his door.