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An HIV-infected man from Tianjin, China,
concealed his condition from doctors, because several other hospitals had
refused to treat him, to obtain surgery for treatment of his lung cancer.
The regional director of the China
Alliance of People Living with HIV/AIDS, Li Hu, stated on the Weibo social
network website that the man successfully received surgery by hiding his
condition. Hu added that the man will sue the hospitals who refused to treat
him.
Shortly after the information was
posted on Weibo, thousands of people responded to the website, making it a
debate battleground over the patient’s controversial act. Many denounced the
man’s act and called it reckless; they pointed out that it put the medical
staff at risk. Others, distraught with the hospitals’ refusal to treat HIV/AIDS
patients, thought that these hospitals should be sued for discrimination.
According to China’s Regulation on
the Prevention and Treatment of HIV/AIDS, a patient must disclose his or her
virus status to doctors, and doctors must not refuse treatment based on a patient’s
status. However, the organization is also aware of some hospitals being
unwilling to treat infected patients.
The Friends of AIDS Foundation is
dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for HIV positive individuals and
empowering people to make healthy choices to prevent the spread of the HIV
virus. To learn more about The Friends of AIDS Foundation, please visit: http://www.friendsofaids.org.
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