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PRO/EDR> HIV – India: (UP) wandering medical practitioner, shared needle, alert
HIV/AIDS -- IndiaPolice officials in northern India were searching on [Tue 6 Feb 2018] for a fake doctor suspected of infecting dozens of his patients with HIV by reusing a dirty syringe.The patients were treated by what is known as a "jhola chhaap doctor," a wandering medical practitioner whose only verifiable qualification (a chhaap is a trademark or official seal) is a jhola, the cotton shoulder bag from which treatments are dispensed.Most are untrained, and some of the cures they offer can be Read more [...]
