900 Children Test Positive for H.I.V. in Pakistani city of Ratodero

Re:900 Children Test Positive for H.I.V. in Pakistani city o... by fouc on Sunday October 27, 2019 @11:59PM (#21374127)

>Health officials now say that Mr. Ghanghro is unlikely to be the sole cause of the outbreak. Visiting health workers saw many cases of doctors reusing syringes and I.V. needles. Barbers take the same razor to the faces of multiple customers, they said, and roadside dentists crack away at patients’ teeth on sidewalks with unsterilized tools.

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Re:900 Children Test Positive for H.I.V. in Pakistani city o... by ehsankia on Monday October 28, 2019 @12:16AM (#21374214)

The paragraph before was far more perplexing to me.

> The doctor recently renewed his medical certificate and now works as a general practitioner at a government hospital on the outskirts of Ratodero, despite laws that make the reuse of syringes an offense that is not eligible for bail.

So he was arrested for it, then while still not convicted, got a new certificate and is back at it?

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Re:900 Children Test Positive for H.I.V. in Pakistani city o... by abdullahkhalids on Monday October 28, 2019 @01:07AM (#21374436)

Unfortunately, he was probably able to bribe the local police/magistrate to grant him bail.

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Re:900 Children Test Positive for H.I.V. in Pakistani city o... by keithnoizu on Monday October 28, 2019 @01:53AM (#21374602)

he should have used that bribe money to buy syringes. They aren't expensive.

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Re:900 Children Test Positive for H.I.V. in Pakistani city o... by andrewstuart on Monday October 28, 2019 @12:00AM (#21374133)

Even here in Melbourne the barber offers to use a cutthroat razor to give the neck a clean shave after a haircut.

He's always a little puzzled when I'm "no thanks" to the razor.

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Re:900 Children Test Positive for H.I.V. in Pakistani city o... by xeromal on Monday October 28, 2019 @12:32AM (#21374299)

Genuine question, if the razor is soaked in barbosol(?) between uses, is it not thoroughly disinfected. Aren't most medical tools metal? If a barber used an autoclave, would it be acceptable then?

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Re:900 Children Test Positive for H.I.V. in Pakistani city o... by andrewstuart on Monday October 28, 2019 @12:36AM (#21374313)

>> If a barber used an autoclave, would it be acceptable then

If I trusted that the autoclave was properly used, of course. Same as the dentist.

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Re:900 Children Test Positive for H.I.V. in Pakistani city o... by solstice on Monday October 28, 2019 @12:05AM (#21374159)

Woah, I never thought about this possibility.

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Re:900 Children Test Positive for H.I.V. in Pakistani city o... by technion on Monday October 28, 2019 @06:27AM (#21375708)

I can't speak for their situation but the standard here is that when a barber holds up something that looks like a cut throat razor, it's a "shavette", which actually takes a disposable blade.

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Re:900 Children Test Positive for H.I.V. in Pakistani city o... by 9HZZRfNlpR on Monday October 28, 2019 @06:40AM (#21375759)

Same here, and I live in a poor country. First he sticks the metal tool into some liquid, to sterilize it, then opens new disposable blade in front of you and installs it to machine.

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Re:900 Children Test Positive for H.I.V. in Pakistani city o... by andrewstuart on Monday October 28, 2019 @12:17AM (#21374223)

Even if you don't get HIV from the razor you could still get one of the forms of hepatitis.

I've never seen a barber with an autoclave for cleaning his equipment.

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Re:900 Children Test Positive for H.I.V. in Pakistani city o... by SighDucks on Monday October 28, 2019 @12:40AM (#21374327)

Don't they usually have disposable blades? The barbers in Melb I go to do.

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Re:900 Children Test Positive for H.I.V. in Pakistani city o... by Consultant32452 on Monday October 28, 2019 @12:42AM (#21374336)

Barbicide kills HIV and hepatitis.

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Re:900 Children Test Positive for H.I.V. in Pakistani city o... by knzhou on Monday October 28, 2019 @12:07AM (#21374167)

Jesus. These are the medical standards of the early 19th century. On net, it's probably better than nothing at all, but there is so much further to go.

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