A doctor in a southern Pakistan city was arrested for allegedly causing HIV to 90 people including 65 children by using a contaminated syringe.
Police said that they had arrested a doctor after receiving complaints from health authorities. Police official Kamran Nawaz said that reportedly the doctor also has HIV.
Authorities were first alerted last week after 18 children living on the outskirts of the city tested positive for the virus, which causes AIDS, prompting health officials to carry out wider screenings. Dozens of more infections were found.
District health official Dr Abul Rehman said that more than 90 people had tested HIV-positive and the number of children was around 65.
Authorities said they traced the outbreak to a single doctor, who appears to have been using a contaminated syringe on patients.
Sindh health Azra Pechuho confirmed the doctor arrest. “The blood of the parents of the infected children was also tested, but their results were negative,” he said.
Officials have since launched an even larger testing and education drive.
Pakistan is considered a low prevalence country for HIV, but the disease is expanding – mostly among intravenous drug users, sex workers and migrant labourers returning from the Gulf.
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