HIV infects four in Maumere

HIV infects four in Maumere

MAUMERE, East Nusa Tenggara: At least four people in East Nusa
Tenggara have tested positive for Human Immuno-Deficiency Virus
(HIV), a state hospital official said.

Head of the pathology clinic at the W.Z. Johanes General
Hospital in the provincial capital of Kupang, Samson Ehe Teron,
said a verification test conducted in Cipto Mangunkusumo in
Jakarta on blood samples of the four people confirmed the
results.

The initial test took place in June as a prerequisite for
blood donors.

Samson said the number of HIV carriers could be higher since
the provincial Red Cross office had only managed to conduct tests
on 5,000 out of 15,000 bags of blood collected this year, due to
a financial shortage. (yac/lup)