Hiv Infected Nurses

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Bulgaria Rejects Libya's Proposal to Negotiate Settlement Between Families of HIV-Positive Children, Nurses Convicted of Infecting Them

The Bulgarian government on Tuesday rejected Libyan Foreign Minister Abdelrahman Shalgham's proposal to negotiate a settlement between Bulgaria and the families of the 400 children that five Bulgarian nurses have been convicted of intentionally... Read more »

Libyan Court Overturns Death Sentences, Orders Retrial of Bulgarian Nurses Accused of Infecting Children With HIV

The Libyan Supreme Court on Dec. 25, 2005, overturned the convictions and ordered a retrial in a lower court of five Bulgarian nurses and a Palestinian physician who were sentenced to death for allegedly infecting more than 400 Libyan children with... Read more »

French Attorneys Agree to Represent Bulgarian Nurses Sentenced to Death in Libyan HIV Infection Case

A team of French lawyers from Lawyers Without Borders has agreed to travel to Libya next week to represent five Bulgarian nurses who have been sentenced to death for allegedly intentionally infecting children with HIV, Bulgaria's Justice Minister... Read more »

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For the guy who was infected by the nurse

Mark, please post, if this nurse truly is responsible she needs to be stopped from doing this to anyone else.For the guy who is now hiv+, you need to first write down an exact account of the incident, fully detailed. You need to bug the hell out of...

Response from Mark Holodniy, M.D., F.A.C.P., C.I.C.

Stanford University, School of Medicine

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infected ppd by a nurse???

I was given a ppd by a nurse and did not see where she got needle from, she brought it to my room, stupid, felt like asking her to get new one, but thought I was being paranoid. Now, 4 days later, I have flu-like symptoms, extremely bad cough, chest...

Response from Shannon Southall

Rocky Mountain CARES

HiYou could have just picked up a cold or other viral infection from your visit or from any other encounter throughout the last few days before you got sick. Just because you had a bad visit would not lend me to think someone would purposely infect... Read more »

Are nurses infecting med students in our campus?

Good morning Dr Barbara McGovern,We had this event in our medical campus in Germany when nurses where taking blood and doing free hcv and hiv tests.My tests were negative but I saw that the nurse was not changing her gloves!!! Is it...

Response from Barbara McGovern, M.D.

Tufts University School of Medicine

I would not worry at all about this exposure. Best regards,Dr. M... Read more »

NURSE might INFECTED many med studs - BOB's needed. Over 90 med students' common question from Hamburg.

Hello every med stud's role model!:)This is Europe far far away from you, but we hope you remember what it's like here since you're intalian:)We had this event on our campus with free hiv testing done by nurses from one of hospitals...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi Euro-Med-Stud,Certainly changing gloves between each test would have been preferable; however, your actual HIV risk from the activity you describe is essentially nonexistent. I do not feel repeat HIV testing is warranted; however, if you're... Read more »

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purposely infected by nurse with dirty needle

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

The nurse in my doctor office is a crazy murderer she purposely used a dirty neddle to infect me because I complained to the doctor about her habit not to wear gloves or whash her hands.My test is ready but the specialist has not call back yet ,I... Read more »

HIV Symptoms does not indicate HIV Infection

Posted by Anonymous, 3 Replies

I wanted to share briefly with everyone that just because you may have symptoms of HIV does not necessarily mean that you are HIV positive.

I would come onto this website everyday for hours and surf the web for the risks, symptoms, exposure rates,... Read more »

I am 19 infected with HIV from the Philippines

Posted by dyingYOUNG

hello there, a friend of mine gave me this site and I think this would be a big help for me...

I am 19 male from the Philippines and I just knew last May 23, 2006 that I am infected with HIV, as of now, I am the youngest among young adults who is... Read more »

I am 19 infected with HIV from the Philippines

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