A total of 7,854 patients of Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) have been registered in various hospitals of the country by April.
According to a Ministry of National Health Services, Regulation and Coordination document, the total number of registered AIDS patients in Islamabad is 1,516 and 1,792 patients have been registered in Lahore, 242 in Sargodha, 383 in Dera Ghazi Khan, 26 in Faisalabad, 200 in Gujrat, 1,104 in Peshawar, 168 in Kohat, 1,967 in Karachi, 312 in Larkana and 144 patients have been registered in hospitals of Quetta.