Doctor Not Guilty in Death of Hemophiliac
From Times Wire Reports
In a closely watched court decision, a doctor accused of negligence in the death of a hemophiliac infected with HIV was found not guilty after a four-year trial.
Takeshi Abe, 84, a hemophilia expert and vice president of Teikyo University, headed a government panel on AIDS in 1983 and 1984 and opposed swift approval of heat-treated blood products already in use in other countries.
In 1996, the mother of a hemophiliac who died in 1991 brought a criminal suit against Abe.
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