Monday, July 30, 2007

#77: HIV/AIDS Confirmed in Nookat

What a hell is going on? It was confirmed today that 14 people in Nookat district (my father was born there) were infected by HIV/AIDS because of doctor's negligence. Kazakhstan had a similar incident last year when 80 people, mostly children, were accidentally infected in a hospital in Shymkent. Kazakhstan then jailed a bunch of doctors (although senior health officials were not imprisoned) in connection with this case.

Update: This breaking news was not even #1 news on the Kyrgyz National TV. First they showed President Bakiev meeting with the Iranian Ambassador, then PM Atambaev's visit to Aksy, and only then it was mentioned, but in the context of the Health Minister "reprimanding" health workers and firing several of them.

1 comment:

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