Posted on 09/14/2007 8:01:00 AM PDT by Red in Blue PA
Dozens of blood banks in Peru have been closed after at least four people were infected with the HIV virus through contaminated transfusions. The government said all 240 of the country's facilities would be thoroughly screened, amid what is being described as a national emergency.
The patients were all infected at a hospital in the port city of Callao.
Officials insisted Peru's blood banks met international standards and urged people to continue giving blood.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.bbc.co.uk ...
I had a friend who was a hemophiliac & caught AIDS thru a tainted blood transfusion. He got sick in November of ‘90 and was dead 3 months later. I feel badly for these people.
Incompetence kills.
I feel bad for the people who have almost no alternative but to these hospitals. Garica, the President of Peru, is very unpopular with the people but admittedly has had a bump up because of how he dealt with the earthquake.
Did the blood come from the Arkansas prison system? (The story brings back memories of another scandal that Clinton was never held to account for, although many people died as a result).
Public registry of those who have HIV.
Public registry of those who have HIV.
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