04.12.2006, 10:50 2531

No total HIV check of medical staff - Health Ministry

Astana. December 4. Kazakhstan Today - Total HIV infection check up of the medical staff in Kazakhstan will not take place as it will not give the results and demand great financial expenses, the Minister of Health of Kazakhstan Anatoliy Dernovoy said on Friday at the press conference in Astana.

Zhambyl regional hospital infected a woman of childbirth with HIV through blood transfusion from a non-examined donor - the medical sister of this medical institution.

In this connection, the Office of Public Prosecutor Zhambyl oblast recommended the Ministry of Health to check medical workers for HIV twice a year. According to the Office of Public Prosecutor, the absence of such a norm in the Rules of compulsory physical examinations approved by the Minister of Health dated October 20, 2003 became one of the reasons of the patient HIV infection.

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