No infection links to clinic: Ottawa public health

Posted Feb 2, 2012 By Kristy Wallace

EMC news An interim report issued by Ottawa public health has indicated that to date, there have been no identified links between hepatitis B, hepatitis C or HIV and a Carling Avenue clinic.

In October, health officials announced that an endoscopic clinic, operated by Dr. Christiane Farazli at 1081 Carling Ave., was identified as the clinic that might have placed about 6,800 people at risk of HIV or hepatitis infection over the last 10 years due to a failure to observe required cleaning procedures.

Attempts to contact Farazli for comment were unsuccessful.

For more information, patients can contact Ottawa public health at 613-580-2888. For additional information, visit ottawa.ca/health or email healthsante@ottawa.ca.

The full report is also available at ottawa.ca.