Sindh sets up Rs2b fund for HIV-affected children
The fund will cover treatment and welfare for affected children as authorities suspend 37 staff and investigate 78 confirmed HIV cases.
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Rs2bn Set Aside For Treatment Of Kids Who Got HIV At Karachi’s Valika Hospital
• SESSI approves creation of endowment fund for rehabilitation and welfare of 78 children • Okays departmental action against 37 doctors and paramedical staff of its health facility KARACHI: Days after the government confirmed that as many as 78 children had been infected with HIV/AIDS at the Sindh Employees’ Social Security Institution-run Kulsoom Bai Valika Hospital, the institution has allocated a sum of Rs2 billion to set up an endowment fun…
Photo: The trade The authorities of Sindh Province, Pakistan, investigate an alleged case of medical negligence after at least 78 children contract the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) in a public hospital, allegedly because of the reuse of contaminated syringes.The case involves Kulsoom Bai Valika Hospital, where the families of the affected minors reported that medical personnel would have reused disposable needles and syringes during routin…
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