Monday, September 17, 2007

Peruvian president apologizes to patient infected with HIV at state hospital

Judith Rivera, a 44-year-old mother of four, was infected with the virus after receiving blood transfusions during an operation in April at a state-run hospital in Callao, Lima's port city.

Poor people go to state hospitals to get well but end up being infected with even more severe diseases, which is an extremely grave mistake, Garcia said Saturday when he met with Rivera in the presidential palace.

Rivera will obtain around 96,000 U.S. dollars in compensation from the health ministry and eligible for free life-long medical care.
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