Health minister directs nationwide pre-surgical HIV screening

Health minister directs nationwide pre-surgical HIV screening

ISLAMABAD - Federal Minister for National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination Syed Mustafa Kamal chaired a meeting of the Joint Working Group on HIV/AIDS in Islamabad on Wednesday, where the national HIV situation, surveillance, treatment, prevention, infection control and programme implementation were reviewed.

Govt orders mandatory HIV tests before surgeries

Federal Health Minister Mustafa Kamal has directed authorities to make HIV screening mandatory before all surgical procedures involving skin piercing or incisions across Pakistan, seeking to prevent healthcare-associated transmission and ensure uniform safety standards nationwide. He issued the directive while chairing a meeting of the Joint Working Group on HIV/AIDS at the Ministry of National Health Services. The minister instructed health aut…