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A prominent Indian-origin doctor, who is also a majority owner of a clinic chain linked to a Hepatitis C outbreak in Las Vegas that may have infected as many as 40,000 people, has been restrained from practising by a court.
Dr Dipak Desai, who works for the Endoscopy Centre of Southern Nevada and is its majority-owner, was restrained from practising medicine by Clark County District Judge David Wall until the investigations by the state are completed.The US judge issued temporary orders to that effect on Tuesday following a plea of Nevada Attorney General Catherine Masto Cortez, seeking stoppage of practice by Desai and his colleague.
