A prominent former Las Vegas doctor and endoscopy clinic owner was convicted Monday of all 27 criminal charges against him — including second-degree murder — in a 2007 hepatitis C outbreak that officials called one of the largest ever in the U.S. A former employee at Dipak Desai's Endoscopy Clinic of Southern Nevada, nurse-anesthetist Ronald Lakeman, was found guilty of 16 of 27 charges against him but was spared a murder conviction stemming from the death of 77-year-old Rodolfo Meana in April 2012. Defense attorneys for both men said they'll appeal. Desai, a former Nevada state medical board member, surrendered his medical license, declared bankruptcy and turned over his business...
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