(11/15/07) PLAINVIEW ? The Long Island doctor accused of exposing patients to hepatitis and HIV in a needle scare is still practicing medicine, and one of his alleged victims is speaking out.

Health officials say Dr. Harvey Finkelstein improperly used syringes on patients, resulting in two confirmed cases of hepatitis C. Letters were sent to 630 patients of Nassau health clinics, urging them to get blood tests.

Raymond Bookstaver says he contracted hepatitis C when Finkelstein injected him with contaminated pain medication. Bookstaver says his life is now consumed by dealing with the often deadly disease that has no known cure and a demanding drug regimen.

"I don't know what I would do to him," Bookstaver says. "I really don't, because he ruined my life."

Cathy Schmitt, another former patient of Finkelstein's, said she?s angry over the entire situation.

?I?m very angry and I remember it from two years ago that he should have to lose his license,? Schmitt said.

The doctor was investigated two years ago by a state medical board. However, he was allowed to continue practicing.

A security guard was posted outside of Finkelstein?s Plainview office Wednesday.

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