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After doctor allegedly ‘reused’ syringes, nearly 900 children tested positive for HIV in Pakistan

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31 October, 2019, 06:55 pm
Last modified: 31 October, 2019, 07:01 pm

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After doctor allegedly ‘reused’ syringes, nearly 900 children tested positive for HIV in Pakistan

The doctor accused of being ‘negligent’, and causing the epidemic still works at hospital

TBS Report
31 October, 2019, 06:55 pm
Last modified: 31 October, 2019, 07:01 pm
After doctor allegedly ‘reused’ syringes, nearly 900 children tested positive for HIV in Pakistan

After a rogue paediatrician allegedly reused infected syringes, nearly 900 children in a Pakistani city have tested positive for HIV.

The epidemic in Ratodero was confirmed in April. Since then about 200 adults have also tested positive for the virus, reports The Independent.

With less a quarter of city's 200,000 residents tested so far, health officials fear the true number affected could be far higher.

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The outbreak was initially blamed on Dr Muzaffar Ghanghro, a paediatrician who at 16p a visit was one of the cheapest in the small central city. He was arrested and charged with negligence and manslaughter after his patients accused him of frequently reusing syringes on their children.

Imtiaz Jalbani, whose six children were treated by Dr Ganghro, searched through his bin for an old needle to use on his six-year-old son, later diagnosed as HIV-positive. When Mr Jalbani protested, the doctor said the father was too poor to pay for a new needle.

Four of Mr Jalbani's children have since tested positive for the virus and the two youngest have died.

The accused Dr Ganghro has not yet been convicted, and despite laws to deny bail to those accused of reusing syringes, is now working as a general practitioner at a public hospital on the city's outskirts after renewing his medical certificate. He has denied all accusations and insists he is innocent.

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