“Poor practices at Dr Tam’s surgery mean that all former patients may be at low risk of a blood-borne infection that can have serious and long-term health consequences,” Leena Gupta from the Sydney Regional Health Authority said in a statement from the NSW Department of Health.
According to her, the dentist has examined thousands of people over the past 25 years. “People with HIV, hepatitis B or hepatitis C may not have any symptoms for decades, so it is important that people at risk of these infections get tested and, if necessary, start treatment early,” Gupta told NSW Health.
Tam’s office was inspected in April this year, two weeks later the dentist retired. However, it is far from the first time that a similar case has been dealt with by opponents.
The BBC server recalled that in 2018, the ministry invited approximately 10,000 patients to have a blood test for HIV and jaundice, which people could catch at a dental clinic in Haberfield, a suburb of Sydney. The same thing was solved last October in the south of Sydney, in Mortdale. The dentist lost his job because of it.
