10-05-2006, 01:23 AM
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Jagmohan Singh | Amritsar
District health authorities are concerned over the fact that 122 persons have been detected with AIDS during a joint special medical examination survey conducted by the Gynaecology department of the Government Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Hospital, the Micro Biology Department of the Government Medical College Amritsar and an NGO, the 'Swami Vivekanand Medical Mission'. The survey is still continuing.
Out of these 122 AIDS patients, 92 are men while 30 are women, confirmed district health officer Sant Parkash Singh Dhillon. These, Dhillon said, <b>are figures of only the current year. He added that figure of AIDS patients runs into thousands.</b>
The number of such patients is expected to rise in the coming days as we are expecting results of many more test reports, said Sant Parkash Singh.
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<b>Blood samples were collected in the joint survey from slum areas of the city like Chehertha, Islamabad, Mustafabad, Vijay Nagar, Batala Road, Sultanwind and Chattiwind.</b> After detecting the dreaded infection, blood samples of the people were collected again for confirmation. The results were the same.
Police and Health department say that the areas where patients were traced with this deadly disease are notorious for prostitution. Females were found behind the spread of this deadly disease in the city. The district health department is more worried about the female patients involved in prostitution as that is a major source for spread of this deadly virus. Police officials express their helplessness to check prostitution.
Health department officials say that they are scared that there could be more and more people affected with AIDS especially those who have been visiting prostitutes. Says Skin Specialist and advisor member of the NGO, Dr R Bharti, "The number of AIDS patients is rapidly increasing day by day particularly in the border villages of Tarn Taran, Bikhiwind, Khemkaran, Manochahal, Narli and Tarn Taran with truck drivers as a major carrier.
Dr Bharti said that <span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'>there was a village near the Indo-Pak border wherein majority of the inhabitants, including women, were found to be suffering from AIDS. He declined to name the village saying that it could create panic and cause problems for the affected villagers. </span>
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Pioneer.com
Jagmohan Singh | Amritsar
District health authorities are concerned over the fact that 122 persons have been detected with AIDS during a joint special medical examination survey conducted by the Gynaecology department of the Government Sri Guru Tegh Bahadur Hospital, the Micro Biology Department of the Government Medical College Amritsar and an NGO, the 'Swami Vivekanand Medical Mission'. The survey is still continuing.
Out of these 122 AIDS patients, 92 are men while 30 are women, confirmed district health officer Sant Parkash Singh Dhillon. These, Dhillon said, <b>are figures of only the current year. He added that figure of AIDS patients runs into thousands.</b>
The number of such patients is expected to rise in the coming days as we are expecting results of many more test reports, said Sant Parkash Singh.
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<b>Blood samples were collected in the joint survey from slum areas of the city like Chehertha, Islamabad, Mustafabad, Vijay Nagar, Batala Road, Sultanwind and Chattiwind.</b> After detecting the dreaded infection, blood samples of the people were collected again for confirmation. The results were the same.
Police and Health department say that the areas where patients were traced with this deadly disease are notorious for prostitution. Females were found behind the spread of this deadly disease in the city. The district health department is more worried about the female patients involved in prostitution as that is a major source for spread of this deadly virus. Police officials express their helplessness to check prostitution.
Health department officials say that they are scared that there could be more and more people affected with AIDS especially those who have been visiting prostitutes. Says Skin Specialist and advisor member of the NGO, Dr R Bharti, "The number of AIDS patients is rapidly increasing day by day particularly in the border villages of Tarn Taran, Bikhiwind, Khemkaran, Manochahal, Narli and Tarn Taran with truck drivers as a major carrier.
Dr Bharti said that <span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%'>there was a village near the Indo-Pak border wherein majority of the inhabitants, including women, were found to be suffering from AIDS. He declined to name the village saying that it could create panic and cause problems for the affected villagers. </span>
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