'Why me?' wonders teenage girl

When Sarah's mother told her that she had been accidentally infected with HIV while she was a young TB patient, all the teenager kept asking was "Why me?"

Now, as the oldest of 42 HIV-positive South African babies and children whose parents are HIV-negative, the 16-year-old wants her mother to take Western Cape health authorities to court over her infection believed to be accidental "so that this can't happen to anyone else".

Sarah and the vast majority of the babies and children believed to have been accidentally infected with HIV in South African hospitals cannot even access a disability grant from the government. read more