It has been revealed by the reports that a nurse-anesthetist has pleaded innocent in Nevada to charges involving a hepatitis C outbreak linked to an endoscopy clinic.

The Las Vegas Review-Journal has reported that Ronald Lakeman, 63, appeared in court on Wednesday. He said little, on the advice of his lawyer, during the hearing and nothing afterward.

It was also noted by the report that Dr. Dipak Desai, 60, who owned the Endoscopy Center of Southern Nevada, and another nurse anesthetist, Keith Mathahs, 74, appeared in court this month and also entered not guilty pleas. Desai posted $1 million bail and the two nurses were released on $500,000 bond each.

According to the investigators, all three are named in a 28-count indictment involving a hepatitis C outbreak in 2007. At least seven people were infected at the clinic when nurses reused syringes to draw medication for patients undergoing colonoscopies.

His client has been unable to find work since 2008, when the outbreak became public, said Lakeman's lawyer, Frederick Santacroce. Lakeman, now living in Columbus, Ga., is supporting himself with Social Security. (With Inputs from Agencies)