A hospital has been fined Sh2 million for conducting HIV tests on a woman without her consent. Ong’udi noted that a test like that of HIV cannot be lumped with other tests and assumed to have been consented to. In her suit papers, the woman had accused the hospital of testing her without consent. The tribunal ruled in favour of the woman and directed the hospital to pay her Sh900,000. Despite not consenting to the HIV test, she said, the doctor disclosed the results to her in the presence of other patients who were with her in the ward.

Source: The Star August 02, 2021 03:11 UTC