With just 0.2 doctors for every 100,000 people, on a par with Afghanistan, according to World Bank figures, one of Asia's poorest nations, Cambodia, could be on the verge of a fresh HIV outbreak after tests left more than 200 people infected in Peam a small Cambodian village, north of Phnom Penh.
In a telephone interview with AFP, a 33 year-old resident identified as Phy Sobin, on Monday, 22nd February, after Cambodia health officials screened hundreds of villagers for HIV, Sobin said "The villagers are nervous now. They suspect the doctor might have spread HIV," ...confirming that her 67-year old aunt had been confirmed HIV-positive, Sobin said "I used to get many injections from the doctor. I and my two kids tested negative for HIV, but my husband has not tested yet,".
It would be recalled that a recent outbreak was traced to an unlicensed doctor in the western province of Battambang, who was reusing dirty needles.
The doctor was jailed for 25 years, partly because some of his patients died after being infected.
However, Ly Peng Sun, the director of the National Centre for HIV, said it was too early to say what caused the latest outbreak.
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