The 58-year-old Brooklyn woman, who asked to remain anonymous for privacy reasons, underwent shoulder surgery at the HealthPlus Surgery Center in August. "I am simply at a loss for words," the woman said in a statement to Fox News through Held. The woman claims she was healthy before her procedure and was not previously infected with hepatitis B, which is a liver infection caused by the hepatitis B virus, according to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Hepatitis B can “range from a mild illness lasting a few weeks to a serious, lifelong illness," the health agency said. — 58-year-old Brooklyn woman who tested positive for hepatitis BThe surgery center closed on Sept. 7 and reopened weeks later, on Sept. 28 following the investigation.

Source: Fox News January 03, 2019 20:00 UTC