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?Quack? infected 15 children with HIV in Larkana, minister tells PA
Hasan MansoorUpdated May 03, 2019
KARACHI: Health Minister Azra Pechuho informed the house on Thursday that a quack impersonating as a doctor had been arrested after a case was registered against him for using used syringes in Larkana district that caused the lethal Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection in 15 children.
The number of children in the same area then swelled to 67 when the government teams launched a community screening drive in the affected areas of Ratodero and Naudero. In addition to them, 26 adults were also found infected with HIV.
Delivering her ministry?s policy statement during the Sindh Assembly?s session with Speaker Siraj Durrani in the chair, Dr Pechuho said after receiving reports of HIV affecting so many children in Larkana district, a team comprising specialists and officials had been sent to Ratodero and Naudero, where it was confirmed that at least 15 children fell prey to the deadly infection because of the use of used syringes by a local quack.
?All those children ? aged two months to eight years ? were being taken to a single doctor practising in the area. That doctor was using a single drip kit and a single injection on all those children,? said the minister...
?Quack? infected 15 children with HIV in Larkana, minister tells PA
Hasan MansoorUpdated May 03, 2019
KARACHI: Health Minister Azra Pechuho informed the house on Thursday that a quack impersonating as a doctor had been arrested after a case was registered against him for using used syringes in Larkana district that caused the lethal Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) infection in 15 children.
The number of children in the same area then swelled to 67 when the government teams launched a community screening drive in the affected areas of Ratodero and Naudero. In addition to them, 26 adults were also found infected with HIV.
Delivering her ministry?s policy statement during the Sindh Assembly?s session with Speaker Siraj Durrani in the chair, Dr Pechuho said after receiving reports of HIV affecting so many children in Larkana district, a team comprising specialists and officials had been sent to Ratodero and Naudero, where it was confirmed that at least 15 children fell prey to the deadly infection because of the use of used syringes by a local quack.
?All those children ? aged two months to eight years ? were being taken to a single doctor practising in the area. That doctor was using a single drip kit and a single injection on all those children,? said the minister...
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