900 Children Test Positive For HIV In Pakistan

Nearly 900 children under 12 years old have tested positive for HIV this year in the Pakistani city of Ratodero, ‘The Hill’ reports. Health officials primarily blamed a paediatrician who was accused of reusing syringes.

“It was devastating,” said Gulbahar Shaikh, a local journalist whose children are patients of Ghanghro’s,

“He said, ‘If you don’t want my treatment, go to another doctor’,” added Imtiaz Jalbani, a laborer who had his six children treated by Ghanghro. “My wife and I had to starve ourselves to pay for the medicine.”

Ghanghro was arrested and charged with negligence, manslaughter and causing unintentional harm. He has yet to be convicted and has maintained his innocence, saying he never reuses syringes. 

“The uptick in the number of HIV-positive people in Ratodero is part of a nationwide trend; according to estimates by UNAIDS, the United Nations task force that specializes in HIV and AIDS, the number of HIV-positive people in Packistan has nearly doubled to about 160,000 since 2010” the article continues. 

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