HIV +ve donors must be sent to nearest centres: Mumbai District Aids Control
Hindustan TimesThe the Mumbai District AIDS Control has informed blood banks in the city that all blood donors who have been tested positive for Human Immunodeficiency Virus have not been visiting testing centres that can confirm the disease and accordingly treat them. All the 51 ICTC centres in the city are linked to their nearest blood banks which hold blood donation camps around the year. They have instructed the blood banks to refer the HIV positive blood donors to an Integrated Counselling and Testing Centres which is nearest to the patient’s residence instead of inviting the patient to a blood bank-linked treatment centre. In an e-mail sent to the blood banks linked with ICTC centres, Dr Vidya Mane, deputy director, MDACS, said the probability of HIV positive patients not being brought under treatment is quite high.
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