Pennsylvania Department of Health suspects anesthesia contamination at surgery center

The Pennsylvania Department of Health is concerned about possible contaminated anesthesia at a surgery center in Harrisburg, Pa., according to a WGAL report.

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The patients of Mark Boland, DO, plastic surgeon at the center, have been asked to get tested for Hepatitis C, Hepatitis B and HIV if they had a surgical procedure performed at the center, according to the report.

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