HC notice to NHRC, KSACS and Kerala State Govt

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HC notice to NHRC and Kerala State Govt

11 Jul 2009 KOCHI: The Kerala High Court on Friday ordered to issue notices to

the National Human Rights Commission(NHRC), the Kerala State Aids Control

Society(KSACS) and the State Government on a petition challenging a NHRC order

dismissing a HIV-infected person's petition that he was denied treatment at a

private hospital in Thiruvananthapuram.

The petition was filed by the Foundation for Integrated Research in Mental

Health on behalf of Ashok N Nair, who is HIV positive.

The petition alleged that Ashok was denied treatment at the Cosmopolitan

Hospital, Thiruvananthapuram.

Though Ashok was admitted to the hospital, he was discharged soon on being

revealed that he was HIV positive.

Subsequently, Ashok lodged a complaint with the NHRC. The KSACS and the hospital

authorities submitted before the Commission that they did not deny treatment or

show discrimination to the patient. They also stated that the hospital had

provided treatment to many HIV positive people.

" The petitioner was sent back as he was in need of a surgery for which the

hospital did not have the facilities, " they stated.

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