World AIDS DAY: HIV drug addicts in Delhi, over 6000 new patients identified
World AIDS DAY: HIV drug addicts in Delhi, over 6000 new patients identified
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New Delhi: Drug users are getting the most HIV. People taking intoxication through syringes with each other are constantly increasing the number of HIV patients in the capital. On the eve of World AIDS Day, in the investigation conducted in hospitals, medicines were found available in most places, but during the inquiry, it was found that the medicines are exhausted on the day come here. Where the medicines reached the Delhi High Court only last month after the petition was filed, whereas, before July, medicines are not available in Delhi hospitals.

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According to information, there are 11 ART centers in Delhi and about 30 thousand patients are undergoing treatment here. According to government statistics, the number of HIV / AIDS patients in Delhi has reached 28445. During the year 2017-18, 6563 new patients have been identified in Delhi, 6340 in the year 2016 and 6622 in the year 2015. An official of the Delhi Health Department said that people like Old Delhi, Yamuna Bazar, and East Delhi's Seelampur have been found to be the biggest addicts of HIV. Many programs are also conducted at the government level in these areas, despite the number of its patients is increasing. Harishankar of DNP Plus, an organization dealing with HIV patients, says that the number of drug addicts through syringes in the areas of outer Delhi is considerable. Medicines from AIIMS and Safdarjung to the hospitals of Delhi end the day. On August 29, he had provided medicines to 20 patients by purchasing them from outside. Up to UP, Haryana, Rajasthan and MP patients come to Delhi for treatment.

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According to experts, 400 people are dying of AIDS every year in the country: Talking about sources, according to the National AIDS Control Organization (NACO) between October 2015 to March 2016, grading for AIDS across states across the country was done. In this, the capital Delhi was at sixth place with 84 points, while Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh were at the top with 155 points. According to experts, every year 400 people are dying of AIDS in the country. As of 2017, the number of HIV patients in the country has been recorded at 2 lakh 465.

According to the Delhi AIDS Control Society, as fast as the number of people coming to Delhi is increasing, the number of HIV / AIDS cases is also increasing. The situation of patients is getting frightening due to migrant laborers and employees. The doctor of Loknayak Hospital, the biggest center of Delhi government, says that there are some of the HIV patients who are getting treatment, who had to bear the brunt of the disease during treatment. According to the information, an 8-year-old child, Jhunjhunu resident, had become HIV positive due to blood transfusion a few days ago. However, examples of illness due to medical negligence are few. They believe that due to unprotected sex and drug syringes, more HIV patients are being seen in Delhi.

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