CJD Fears Halt Surgeries at London Hospital

All surgeries and procedures in a hospital of London Health Sciences Centre University at London, Ontario, are currently being rescheduled. A patient on whom brain surgery was performed on Nov 30 is said to be potentially affected with Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease of the classical type. Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) is caused when protein like particles called prions attack the brain leading to mental detiortion and ultimately death. It can be contracted via contaminated surgical equipment.