As many as 1,329 cases of HIV/AIDS have been registered at the HIV/AIDS Treatment and Care Centre, established in Chandka Medical College Hospital, Larkana.
As many as 69 new cases were detected and registered after 20 August, 2016, as their previous number was 1,260.
The number is constantly rising due to many factors, one of which is the usage of unscreened and unsafe blood being allegedly supplied by illegal blood banks operating in the entire Larkana division against the Sindh Blood Transfusion Authority (SBTA) Act.
Hospital Blood Transfusion Committee (HBTC) was formed in every hospital in 2015 which too had stopped working, causing the emergence of new cases which were kept hidden from the public to prevent nuisance.
Larkana continue to top the list as it had 656 HIV/AIDS patients followed by Kambar-Shahdadkot district having 189, Dadu 130 and Khairpur Mirs 120.
This is even more alarming, as these districts are also badly suffering from hepatitis.
Out of these 1,329, as many as 112 have so far expired, 77 are defaulting and 781 are on HAART. As many as 106 HIV/AIDS positive patients are also suffering from hepatitis-C, which include 98 males and eight females. Another 14 are infected with hepatitis-B out of which, 10 are males, three females and one transgender and 53 patients are on anti-Kock.
[…] As many as 1,329 cases of HIV/AIDS have been registered at the HIV/AIDS Treatment and Care Centre, established in Chandka Medical College Hospital, Larkana. As many as 69 new cases were detected and registered after 20 August, 2016, as their previous number was 1,260. The number is constantly rising due to many factors, one of which is the usage of unscreened and unsafe blood being allegedly supplied by illegal blood banks operating in the entire Larkana division against the Sindh Blood Transfusion Authority (SBTA) Act. Read More […]
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