INDIA: Unlicensed doctor ”infects 40 people” with HIV

At least 40 people have tested HIV positive in India’s northern state of Uttar Pradesh, where an unqualified doctor had allegedly used a single syringe to treat all of his patients, according to local media reports. The news broke on Tuesday, months after the victims, including children, were diagnosed at a health camp organised by […]

At least 40 people have tested HIV positive in India’s northern state of Uttar Pradesh, where an unqualified doctor had allegedly used a single syringe to treat all of his patients, according to local media reports.

The news broke on Tuesday, months after the victims, including children, were diagnosed at a health camp organised by an NGO in November last year in Bangarmau city of Unnao district, reported Times Now news channel.

“If proper tests are done, at least 500 cases would come up,” Sunil Bangarmau, an area councillor, told ANI – a local news wire outlet.

“It is being told that the people here used to go to a quack for treatment of diseases. He used a single syringe on all of them.”

Siddharth Nath Singh, Uttar Pradesh health minister, promised a crackdown on unqualified medics across the state.