90 Pakistanis infected with HIV by doctor using dirty syringe
An HIV outbreak in Pakistan has been traced to a single doctor, who appears to have been using a contaminated syringe on patients. Of those who have tested positive for the virus, 65 are children. – EPA pic, May 3, 2019.
AT least 90 people, including 65 children, are believed to have been infected with the HIV virus by a doctor using a contaminated syringe, Pakistani officials said today. “We have arrested a doctor after receiving complaints from health authorities,” said Kamran Nawaz, the local police chief heading the case in the southern city of Larkana.
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