A young life put in jeopardy, thanks to a blatant medical negligence. In Kerala, an eight-year-old girl's life is in danger, after she was given blood infected with HIV. ...
07:34 PM, Mar 28, 2013
An eight-year-old girl, suffering from thalassaemia, has been afflicted by HIV after blood transfusions at two government hospitals, including one here in Wayanad district, her relatives claimed on Thursday. In a complaint lodged with health department, they said the girl was being given blood transfusion every fortnight as she had been suffering from thalassaemia for the past six years. ...
10:28 AM, Mar 28, 2013
A family of five has been socially ostracised in a Rajasthan village after the identity of an HIV positive member was disclosed in a letter sent by the state government, a social activist said. ...
12:31 PM, Dec 15, 2012
December 1 is World AIDS Day and India has nearly 2.3 million HIV people living with HIV/AIDS. ...
08:18 AM, Dec 01, 2012
Evicted out of their home, miseries of a HIV-affected family did not end with their finding of a new house in a locality in Jodhpur as their neighbours, following discovery of their disease, beat them up and threw them out of the area. ...
10:59 PM, Nov 24, 2012
Madurai: Fighting the social stigma and isolation, they toiled to earn a living. They ignored illness to support their family, to raise their kids. But things took a shocking turn for 21 HIV positive women, who were working as sanitation workers in the Government Rajaji Hospital, were kicked out for reasons unknown. While government and social organisations are spending crores to campaign against discrimination of HIV positive patients, these hapless...
12:23 PM, Jul 06, 2012
Chandigarh: The Punjab and Haryana High Court probe panel report on the Rohtak shelter home, Apna Ghar, has made shocking revelations. It says that the children were forced to perform oral sex and naked yoga. The report also says that about 101 inmates of the home were subjected to various forms of abuse. The shelter home inmates were used as construction labourers. A speech and hearing impaired girl was sold...
09:39 AM, Jun 14, 2012
Pune: The Maharashtra Health Minister has promised action after a CNN-IBN report on a bus driver with the State Transport Corporation who was sacked just because he was HIV positive. Interestingly, two decades since the government launched its battle against discrimination of HIV positive people with an iconic advertisement, crores have been spent to counter persecution of the HIV infected. However, the campaign ironically has failed to eliminate prejudice even...
06:23 PM, Jun 05, 2012
Pune: Maharashtra Health Minister Suresh Shetty has promised to look into the case of a bus driver who was sacked by the state transport corporation last month for being an HIV positive. He said, "It is unfortunate if it is true. I will speak to the transport secretary about the dismissal of the HIV positive state transport bus driver. It is not the correct approach. I will need to find...
12:48 PM, Jun 05, 2012
New Delhi: Kousalya Periaswamy was the first Indian woman to openly admit that she was HIV positive. Over the years, she has helped over 20,000 women across the country fight the stigma by supporting them financially and legally. Vimly, a HIV positive woman, says, "My biggest fear is that if people come to know I am HIV positive, they will not come near me." Helping women like Vimla overcome their...
09:10 AM, Mar 15, 2012
Hyderabad: A pregnant woman was allegedly transfused with HIV positive blood in Nellore after she underwent a caesarean operation. Angry relatives staged a day-long protest against the hospital and the Red Cross society. An inquiry has now been ordered. "She was healthy throughout her pregnancy. Even her baby is healthy. After her delivery, the hospital said she is HIV positive. How is that possible? It is obviously because of the...
07:41 AM, Dec 14, 2011
CJ Sunita Gupta talks how HIV positive children are deprived of their basic right. ...
03:34 PM, Mar 17, 2011
New Delhi: Two days after the World AIDS Day was celebrated to generate greater awareness about the HIV virus, a shocking case of discrimination has surfaced. Here's a shocking story of a HIV-positive girl refused treatment by the Ranchi Medical College. HIV-positive Vijay Ram is not alone in his misery. His six-year-old daughter, who is HIV-positive as well, was refused admission for treatment at the Ranchi Institute of Medical Science....
08:24 AM, Dec 03, 2010
Eight Thalassemic children in Jodhpur have tested HIV positive after blood transfusion at a government hospital. ...
11:56 PM, Jul 12, 2010
A probe by the Thalassemia Society has revealed that 51 patients got infected during blood transfusion in Jodhpur. ...
09:52 AM, Jul 12, 2010
The woman was refused admission to a government-run hospital in Nalgonda district of Andhra Pradesh. ...
06:02 PM, May 31, 2010
More funds allotted for AIDS awareness programme. ...
09:38 PM, Jul 31, 2009
School administration saw an alarming fall in attendance, villagers still biased. ...
02:41 PM, Jul 12, 2009
The Maharashtra government has ordered a probe into the incident. ...
04:54 PM, Jul 11, 2009
Other students are not willing to come in contact with them. ...
03:22 PM, Jul 10, 2009
