New York -- Two more people have contracted hepatitis C after receiving intravenous anesthesia from a doctor in New York who is under investigation.

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Dr. Brian Goldweber, 64, is accused of spreading the disease by failing to follow proper infection control protocols, The New York Post reported Sunday. A 45-year-old woman with a prominent corporate post filed a lawsuit last week against Goldweber and three other doctors at the Manhattan practice, where she underwent a colonoscopy in 2004. She filed her suit as "Jane Doe" due to what she called the "stigma, discrimination and embarrassment" of a hepatitis C infection, which typically affects drug addicts and the sexually promiscuous. Another woman has notified the city Health Department after contracting hepatitis C after an outpatient procedure. That notification brings the number of possible victims to at least five, the Post said. Copyright 2007 by United Press International.