Re: 8-Yr-old boy tests HIV+ from tainted Blood

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Dear Forum,

I come from Muzaffar Nagar district in UP and have been working on HIV/AIDS

related issues. Two months back, a person from my village came to meet me and he

had been recently diagnosed HIV positive by a blood bank in Muzaffar Nagar.

The blood bank, instead of revealing the status to this person, told his

relatives and a neighbour about his status. The news spread in the village like

any thing and this person was totally depressed and everyone in the village and

in relationship knows about his status.

So, this incident of a child becoming HIV positive because of the infected blood

transfusion not only shows that the infection rate in this part of UP is

becoming visible but also that there is urgent need to put proper counseling and

testing practices in place in these private and govt blood banks

Shadab

E-mail: <mshadab@...>