In papers asking to take his videotaped deposition filed in court Monday, Clark County NV Chief District Attorney Mike Staudaher said the hepatitis C virus has left Rodolfo Meana, 76, terminally ill, and he could die at any moment.
Meana’s hepatitis C case is one of seven the Southern Nevada Health District investigation genetically linked to Dr. Dipak Desai’s Endoscopy Center of Southern Nevada contamination case. Desai was recently found competent to stand trial after suffering two strokes. All seven patients who contracted the illness are named as victims of felony criminal neglect in a 28-count indictment against Desai, 62, and two of his nurse anesthetists, Keith Mathahs and Ronald Lakeman. That trial is scheduled to begin in March, but is likely to be delayed. If Meana is alive and able to testify when needed at trial, his live testimony will instead be used.
Meana has purchased a March 27 … (Continued...)
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