144 soldiers contract HIV/AIDS in Papua
The Jakarta Post, Jakarta | Thu, 08/12/2010 9:14 PM | National
As many as 144 soldiers of the Cendrawasih Military Command had been admitted to Jayapura’s Marthen Indey Hospital with HIV/AIDS between January and May this year, hospital management said Thursday.
Hospital director Yenny Purnama said four of the soldiers had died, while the rest were undergoing medical treatment at the hospital or had been transferred to the local branch office of the National AIDS Commission.
She said that soldiers testing positive to HIV received regular drugs from the hospital and were performing regular duties.
“We don’t want them to be stigmatized as HIV/AIDS carriers,” Yenny said as quoted by Antara.
Statistically, Papua is among the provinces with highest number of people living with HIV/AIDS.
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