ZAGREB, Jan 24 (Hina) - Toxicology tests on dialysers produced by the US corporation Baxter will be conducted at the Croatian Interior Ministry's Criminology Centre, while biological and histological tests on the tissue samples of
kidney patients who died last October during hemodialysis will be conducted at the Forensics and Criminology Institute of Zagreb's Salata hospital, a Zagreb County Court investigating judge, Zdenko Konjic, said on Thursday. The judge accepted a proposal by the Zagreb County Prosecutor's Office on initiating investigative proceedings which should determine if the dialysers caused the death of 23 kidney patients. Criminal charges were filed in late December against as yet unknown persons at the US corporation for the criminal act of endangering people's health by producing harmful medical products.(hina) sb rml
ZAGREB, Jan 24 (Hina) - Toxicology tests on dialysers produced by
the US corporation Baxter will be conducted at the Croatian
Interior Ministry's Criminology Centre, while biological and
histological tests on the tissue samples of kidney patients who
died last October during hemodialysis will be conducted at the
Forensics and Criminology Institute of Zagreb's Salata hospital, a
Zagreb County Court investigating judge, Zdenko Konjic, said on
Thursday.
The judge accepted a proposal by the Zagreb County Prosecutor's
Office on initiating investigative proceedings which should
determine if the dialysers caused the death of 23 kidney patients.
Criminal charges were filed in late December against as yet unknown
persons at the US corporation for the criminal act of endangering
people's health by producing harmful medical products.
(hina) sb rml