Ministry warning over HIV treatment
Source: Xinhua |
November 24, 2012, Saturday
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THE Health Ministry has banned hospitals from refusing to treat patients who are living with HIV.
A ministry circular issued yesterday ordered health authorities across the nation to guarantee treatment for HIV-AIDS carriers.
The order covers patients already known to be carriers of the virus as well as those whose infection is detected while undergoing treatment. Meanwhile, it requires authorities to ensure protective measures for health care professionals.
Hospitals which are unable to offer necessary treatments should refer the patient to another designated hospital or ask local health authorities to arrange a referral, it said. If a patient's condition means that he or she can not be transferred, health authorities should designate doctors and nurses to perform medical services at the hospital where the patient has been admitted.
It comes two days after Vice Premier Li Keqiang urged the ministry to guarantee medical treatment to patients with HIV infections following news reports that a hospital in the northern city of Tianjin refused to provide treatment to a 25-year-old lung cancer patient after he was found to be HIV-positive.
The man eventually got the surgery he needed after concealing his condition.
Tianjin's health bureau said on Thursday that preliminary investigations showed that Tianjin Cancer Hospital had neglected its duties. Li said that people with HIV/AIDS should not be discriminated against, and that work should be done to guarantee the safety of doctors and nurses treating HIV-positive patients.
A ministry circular issued yesterday ordered health authorities across the nation to guarantee treatment for HIV-AIDS carriers.
The order covers patients already known to be carriers of the virus as well as those whose infection is detected while undergoing treatment. Meanwhile, it requires authorities to ensure protective measures for health care professionals.
Hospitals which are unable to offer necessary treatments should refer the patient to another designated hospital or ask local health authorities to arrange a referral, it said. If a patient's condition means that he or she can not be transferred, health authorities should designate doctors and nurses to perform medical services at the hospital where the patient has been admitted.
It comes two days after Vice Premier Li Keqiang urged the ministry to guarantee medical treatment to patients with HIV infections following news reports that a hospital in the northern city of Tianjin refused to provide treatment to a 25-year-old lung cancer patient after he was found to be HIV-positive.
The man eventually got the surgery he needed after concealing his condition.
Tianjin's health bureau said on Thursday that preliminary investigations showed that Tianjin Cancer Hospital had neglected its duties. Li said that people with HIV/AIDS should not be discriminated against, and that work should be done to guarantee the safety of doctors and nurses treating HIV-positive patients.
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