AIDS patients

AIDS patients

From Pikiran Rakyat

I quite agree with Dr. Venusri Latif, who said in his recent article in Pikiran Rakyat that people with AIDS should not be given lethal injections, or medicine which would lead their deaths, even it was the wish of the patients.

Medical ethics do not allow doctors to do this. I would like to suggest that doctors give the people with AIDS spiritual injections and, if they are Moslem, ask them to perform their shalat (the five obligatory daily prayers), and continue giving them medical treatment.

MRS. HADIJAH SALIM

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