MUMBAI: At least 33 people have tested positive for HIV in the northern Indian town of Bangarmau after an unqualified medical practitioner injected some of them with an infected syringe, a government official said. The 33 were confirmed from among 566 people tested at government-organised HIV screening camps on Jan. 24, 25 and 27, according to SP Choudhary, chief medical officer (CMO) of Unnao district, which includes Bangarmau. The camps were set up after several suspected HIV cases showed up during routine tests at the district hospitals in Bangarmau late last year, he added. “We ask HIV patients various things to know the source of infection,” Choudhary said. The Indian Medical Association estimates that about 45 percent of the people in India who practice medicine have no formal training.

Source: New Strait Times February 06, 2018 14:15 UTC