An investigation has revealed that medical personnel were responsible for HIV infections in three patients who received tainted blood transfusions last month at the Central Clinical Hospital in Kazakhstan’s largest city, Almaty. City authorities said on July 28 that medical personnel, including chief physician Nariman Tabynbaev, were fired over the issue after a special commission was established. It was not the first instance where HIV had spread in a hospital in Kazakhstan. More than 50 children were infected by tainted blood transfusions in 2006 in the South Kazakhstan region. To read the original story by RFE/RL's Kazakh Service, click here.
Kazakh Medical Personnel Blamed For HIV Infections Via Tainted Blood
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