http://www.localnewsleader.com/brocktown/stories/news-00107741.html
HIV-Positive Blood Sold in China; 3 Dead
Staff and agencies
04 December, 2005
By ALEXA OLESEN, 34 minutes ago
BEIJING - An HIV -positive man in northern China who sold his blood infected at least 18 others with the virus — including three who died — the government and state media said Saturday.
China Youth Daily newspaper said Saturday that Song, 41, was unemployed and relied on selling blood for his income. Blood buying is banned in China but continues to be a problem.
The infected blood, apparently never tested, was given to 25 patients needing transfusions, Xinhua said. Eighteen of them contracted HIV and three died, Xinhua said.
The blood bank closed in July 2004 after it was taken over by the Dehui People‘s Hospital, Xinhua said.
China says it has 840,000 people who are infected with HIV and 80,000 with full-blown AIDS .
Hi Granny!
You and I must have been reading that HIV-China story at the same time (laughing).