46 infected with HIV in UP, quack arrested

46 people have been infected with HVI in Bangamau Tehsil in the last 10 months an official said today.

A quack has also been arrested on Tuesday for allegedly using same syringe to treat all the patients that have led to the mass infection.

Earlier in the day there were reports of 21 people being infected from the deadly virus.

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Medical superintendent Pramod Kumar Dohre had lodged the complaint regarding the incidentand police is carrying out further investigation in the matter.

The shocking incident came into the light after an NGO organised health camps in the village last year in December, that discovered a high number of HIV patients.

Uttar Pradesh health Minister Siddharth Nath Singh has also addressed the situation and assured that necessary action will be taken against the accused.

The patients have now been referred to Anti-retroviral Therapy (ART) centre in Kanpur.

Anti-retroviral Therapy consists of a combination of antiretroviral (ARV) drugs to maximally suppress HIV and stop its progression.It also prevents onward transmission of HIV.