Friday, August 24, 2007

State sued over teacher who forced pupil to take HIV test


A Mpumalanga woman is suing the Education Department for R500 000 after a school teacher allegedly forced her daughter to have HIV tests without the family’s consent.

The family alleges the privacy of their 16-year-old daughter, Thoko, and the confidentiality of her HIV tests results were violated when the school teacher allegedly ordered the epileptic girl to undergo the tests.
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