Evelyn McKnight and Travis Bennington

Hepatitis C

While undergoing breast cancer treatment at the Fremont clinic in Fremont, Nebraska, Evelyn McKnight contracted Hepatitis C virus in what became the largest healthcare-transmission outbreak in United States history to date. Her new book, "A Never Event" chronicles the true account of her experience, as well as the stories of several other victims of the outbreak. Evelyn McKnight and Travis Bennington join the show to discuss their book and their advocacy organization, HONOReform which promotes patient safety!

Evelyn McKnight is a wife, mother, and audiologist who lives in Fremont, Nebraska. She is one of a hundred cancer survivors who contracted hepatitis C through healthcare transmission at the Fremont Cancer Center in 2000-2001. Using the money from her settlement against the oncology clinic, she co-founded the patient advocacy foundation HONOReform, which has been recognized by CBS, CNN's American Morning, USA Today, the Associated Press, and Newsday. She is married to Dr. Thomas McKnight, a family physician who helped uncover the Nebraska outbreak.

Travis Bennington is a practicing civil trial attorney, Travis was one of the attorneys who represented victims of the Nebraska outbreak in their civil actions against Dr. Tahir Ali Javed, the nurses who worked for him, the Fremont Cancer Center, and the Fremont Area Medical Center. Nineteen of the Nebraska Outbreak victims were his clients, neighbors, and friends. Mr. Bennington is also a co-founder of HONOReform.

A Never Event

Barbra Alexander

7 / 8 / 2009