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This is an archive article published on August 31, 1999

Notices to Govt for denying treatment to HIV patient

NEW DELHI, AUGUST 30: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued notices to the Union Ministry of Health and the Delhi Govern...

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NEW DELHI, AUGUST 30: The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) has issued notices to the Union Ministry of Health and the Delhi Government on a complaint seeking inquiry into the alleged denial of treatment to a HIV patient admitted to Safdarjung Hospital about three months back.

The NHRC issued the notices to the government authorities asking them to file a detailed report within two weeks on a complaint filed by the All India Lawyers Forum for Civil Liberty (AILFCL) and fixed September 6 for examining the matter.

In a letter to NHRC chairman M N Venkatachaliah, AILFCL chairman K K Nigam and president O P Saxena demanded that the Commission should hold a thorough probe into the matter as this was a serious issue.

The AILFCL requested the NHRC to issue guidelines to the Centre and all state governments to provide medical facilites to the AIDS patients.

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