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Source: http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2012/10/22/172206/doctors-in-egypt-often-wont-treat.html
Posted on Monday, October 22, 2012
Doctors in Egypt often won?t treat HIV-AIDS patients
By Nancy A. Youssef and Amina Ismail | McClatchy Newspapers
CAIRO ? As the delivery date neared for the birth of her first child, Rose was stuck between her conscience ? she didn?t want to lie ? and the practical necessity of giving birth to a healthy child.
Rose thought about telling her doctor that she was HIV-positive ? the routine blood tests her obstetrician had ordered didn?t screen for HIV ? but she knew the risk of that: When she sent a friend to pretend that she was HIV-positive and pregnant, the doctor told the friend he didn?t deliver the babies of HIV patients...
Posted on Monday, October 22, 2012
Doctors in Egypt often won?t treat HIV-AIDS patients
By Nancy A. Youssef and Amina Ismail | McClatchy Newspapers
CAIRO ? As the delivery date neared for the birth of her first child, Rose was stuck between her conscience ? she didn?t want to lie ? and the practical necessity of giving birth to a healthy child.
Rose thought about telling her doctor that she was HIV-positive ? the routine blood tests her obstetrician had ordered didn?t screen for HIV ? but she knew the risk of that: When she sent a friend to pretend that she was HIV-positive and pregnant, the doctor told the friend he didn?t deliver the babies of HIV patients...