41.   Payne is the second former patient of the surgical center to pass the virus to her child in utero.

42.   Peterson, who has denied all allegations of professional or ethical impropriety, has reached out-of-court settlements with at least five former patients.

43.   Schumaker declined to comment on the possible exhumations Tuesday, but said BCI officials were in the process of contacting family members of the former patients.

44.   Several friends and relatives of former Kevorkian patients said they were pleased at the prospect that family members might be spared the publicity that they had to endure.

45.   Smith said the hospital would provide counseling and tests for any former patient who was anxious about the issue.

46.   Some former patients know they may need more institutional care in the future, but are unsure where it will come from.

47.   Tens of thousands of anxious hospital patients and former patients called hot lines and jammed clinics for AIDS tests.

48.   The bodies of a dozen former Nocona hospital patients who may have been poisoned will be exhumed from cemeteries across North Texas and Oklahoma within a month.

49.   The Danville program is one of only a few across the country that give former patients the option of working to help pay off their debt.

50.   The company is approaching lawsuits by other former patients, like Ms. Banner, on a case-by-case basis, he added.