The Sindh Health Department has decided to fine hospitals across the province discriminating or denying treatment to HIV patients. Mistreating HIV patients is a punishable crime under the Prohibition of Discrimination Based on HIV Status and hospitals that are found to be indulged in this practise will be punished with a Rs2 million fine.
Karachi has the most number of reported human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) cases in the entire province of Sindh, it emerged according to fresh data on World AIDS Day 2021 The deputy director of the Sindh Communicable Disease Control, Dr Irshad Kazmi, told SAMAA Digital that the city has even surpassed Larkana in the number of cases. Karachi’s Central district has 2,725 cases, more than any other district. There are 1,035 reported cases in district South, 998 in West, 907 in Korangi, 667 in Malir, 436 in Central. “In total, there are 6,768 cases in Karachi, 1,089 in Hyderabad and 2,430 in Larkana, including 1,200 children.” What’s behind the high number of HIV cases in K.