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"Landmark payout for AIDS patients"
The
Star (www.thestar.com.my)
(06/12/06)
A GROUP of Chinese AIDS sufferers who contracted HIV from tainted hospital
blood will receive 20 million yuan (RM9mil) in compensation in a landmark
case, state media said yesterday.
The hospital in the north-eastern province of Heilongjiang which gave them
the contaminated transfusions will pay compensation to the victims and their
families, China Daily reported.
This includes providing 18 of the 19 sufferers one-off payments, the
newspaper said.
The hospital will also cover the victims' medical bills until they die.
Relatives of another victim who had already died will receive more than
300,000 yuan (RM136,354) from the hospital, the report said.
The case involves the largest reported single group of AIDS victims in China
to be infected with HIV from a hospital.
The Beijing Aizhixing Institute, a group dedicated to helping HIV and AIDS
sufferers, said the combined payout was the biggest in China, and had
followed years of struggle by victims across the country for adequate
compensation. — AFP
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