Celebrity Cruises Sued, Allegedly Gave Passenger HIV-Infected Transfusion

[Turtles06]

14 minutes ago, Guppy99 said:

Re #4, if someone's health is at issue in a lawsuit, then their no longer is any expectation of privacy and HIPAA is no longer a consideration.

 

Not to mention the fact that HIPAA prohibits the disclosure of a person's protected health information without her consent by certain parties who possess it  -- it has nothing to do with a person's disclosure of her own information, which is what the plaintiff has done here.   And yes, by putting her health information in issue in this lawsuit, the plaintiff has waived any expectation of privacy as to that information.  

[CaroleSS]

21 minutes ago, canderson said:

If the brother wasn't a regular donor with recent screening results, the policy of taking those who were may have taken precedence. 

All the blood should have been screened prior to transfusion. The time frame for screening results should be moot. If the brother was there with her on the cruise, he should have been first to be screened for transfusion. (IMHO)