A physician who has AIDS has since been arrested and is being investigated on suspicion of intentionally infecting patients.
A Pakistani mother kisses her son Ali Raza, 10, infected with HIV in a village near Ratodero, a small town in southern province of Sindh in Pakistan, Thursday, May 16, 2019.
Bibi took her son to a doctor, who prescribed acetaminophen syrup and told her there was no need to worry. But she panicked after being alerted that several children who initially came down with a fever had tested positive for HIV in nearby villages.Alarmed, Bibi took Ali to a hospital, where medical tests confirmed the boy was among about 500 people, mostly children, who authorities say tested positive for the virus, which can lead to AIDS.
Sikandar Memon, head of the AIDS Control Program in Sindh province, said that officials have screened 13,800 people from Larkana and that 410 children and 100 adults tested positive for HIV.
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