LARKANA:PPP Sindh President Nisar Ahmed Khuhro said Saturday that relevant authorities should wage a war against deadly HIV/AIDS disease spreading fast among the residents of Larkana.
He was addressing a seminar at Paeds Auditorium here on today to mark the World AIDS Day. Khuhro said he had been told that the number of HIV positive people in Larkana had risen to an alarming level of 900.
He said that he had been informed that Larkana district topped the list of HIV positive cases among the divisions which was a shameful due to which this district was being defamed.
He said: “We need to save precious lives for which responsibility lies solely on the shoulders of Sindh Health Department. We will have to fight against HIV/AIDS on war-footings so that it could be eradicated.
Khuhro said the employees should be posted to fully screen blood to save further spread of this viral disease. He said before blood transfusion it must be ensured that the blood had been properly screened for HIV, Hepatitis and other ailments and it must be made mandatory throughout the province.
Khuhro said second name of HIV is death. He said it must also be seen whether doctors and paramedics were taking proper required care of HIV positive cases and how many people had so far been saved. “Actions were taken against quacks in the past but their clinics are reopened. When doctors are being produced from medical colleges and universities, then there is no need of quacks and dispensers to run clinics unlawfully. They are playing with the lives of innocent and illiterate people,” he said.
The PPP Sindh President said HIV test had been made mandatory before marriage and nobody could marry before 18 years.
Before the seminar, an awareness walk was held from the Administration Block of Chandka Medical College Hospital (CMCH) which culminated at Paeds Medicine Department.
Dr. Ali Gohar Dahri, CMCH Medical Superintendent, PMA Sindh President Dr. Saeed Memon, Dr. Rafia Baloch, DHO Dr. Abdul Rahman Baloch, doctors, paramedics and general public participated in the walk in large numbers.
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