Video: China£º264,000 living with
HIV/AIDS
Photos: World AIDS Day commemorated
in China
By Xinhua Writer Bai Xu
BEIJING, Dec. 1 (Xinhua) -- Reported to be China's
longest-surviving AIDS patient, 40-year-old Meng Lin -- who uses apseudonym --
can be seen as an expert on changing public attitude toward the deadly disease.
"The general situation is improving, encouraging more
HIV carriers to step out of the shadows and join the national campaignto curb
the spread of AIDS," said Meng.
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President Hu Jintao called on Monday for
spreading AIDS prevention knowledge to the public and helping each AIDS
patient, during his visit to a hospital in Beijin on World AIDS
Day.(Xinhua Photo)
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He sounded hoarse and tired, a situation that the
founder of the "Ark of Love," an organization for HIV carriers, explained wasdue
to a busy schedule ahead of the annual World AIDS Day.
Meng's tone turned bitter when asked about the stigma
of the disease.
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Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (C) hugs
three kids, whose parents passed away due to HIV/AIDS, in Fuyang
prefecture, east China's Anhui Province, Nov. 29, 2008. Wen visited people
living with HIV/AIDS and workers dealing with the disease in Fuyang over
the weekend, prior to the World AIDS Day which falls on December 1.
(Xinhua/Rao Aimin)
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One story he told was about a woman who goes by the
pseudonym of Xiao Hong, who went to a renowned hospital in Beijing earlier this
year for a kidney disorder.
The unidentified hospital suggested surgery, but when
it learned that Xiao was an HIV carrier, it turned her down. She tried two other
hospitals, both of which also rejected her.
Her husband, who was also HIV-infected, became so
angry that heeven considered committing suicide in public as a protest. Xiao
said bitterly that she wished the doctors themselves would be infected.
Chinese president visits AIDS patients on World AIDS Day
BEIJING, Dec. 1 (Xinhua) -- President Hu Jintao called for spreading AIDS prevention knowledge to the public and helping each AIDS patient, during his visit to a Beijing hospital on Monday, the World AIDS Day.
It was the third time in five years that Hu inspected AIDS prevention work by meeting medical staff, researchers and patients. Full story
Chinese premier visits AIDS patients,
workers
HEFEI, Nov. 30
(Xinhua) -- Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao visited people living with HIV/AIDS and
thanked workers dealing with the disease in the eastern Anhui Province over the
weekend.
Wen told a special symposium composed of AIDS experts and
grassroots medical workers in Funan County, that government funds for prevention
and control would increase year-by-year.
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