Corrupt doctors infect 100 Kazakh children with HIV

[bowerbird]

A corrupt trade in human blood has been blamed for infecting more than 100 children with the AIDS virus in the central Asian nation of Kazakhstan.

So far 10 children have died, and after a lengthy court case, 16 medical workers have been sent to prison over the outbreak, which has become a national scandal.

The night before the verdict was announced, the crime claimed another victim: a two-year-old boy.

He was the tenth child to die. Like the others, he had received a blood transfusion at the local hospital, and later tested positive for HIV.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/06/28/1964646.htm?section=world

[Sauniere]

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/06/28/1964646.htm?section=world

I remember when this first broke last year. This is a horrible, horrible statement on the condition of the medical community outside the western world. And now apparently fathers are leaving because of the "stigma" attached?!?! How does this turn out nice for a single person involved? It simply doesn't. At least 100+ lives and families now have to deal with for as long as these children survive... :(

[jamesrage]

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/06/28/1964646.htm?section=world

I think these scumbags should get more than just several years in prison and suspended sentences.That kind of blatant negligence should carry a stiffer penalty.

If the doctors,nurses,officials and those who worked at the blood bank knew the blood was tainted with HIV they should be charged with premeditated murder for the kids that died and attempted murder for the kids that have not died yet and give them the death penalty.