Doctors arrested in India after hepatitis kills 36

Authorities in western India have arrested eight doctors for alleged medical malpractice after a hepatitis B outbreak killed at least 36 people, officials said.

Authorities in western India have arrested eight doctors for alleged medical malpractice after a hepatitis B outbreak killed at least 36 people, officials said.

At least 100 others in the Modasa district of Gujarat state have been infected with the virus in the past two weeks and are undergoing treatment, state Health Minister Jaynarayan Vyas said.

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