JATPUR (PTI): As many as 222 people were found HIV Positive in, the western Indian state of Rajasthan, the state health minister Rajinder Singh Rathore, said last week.
The state government had set up a high-level committee for AIDS surveillance, he told the state assembly.
The minister said the capital Jaipur alone reported 107 HIV Positive cases, followed by Jodhpur42, Ajmer 26, Udaipur 10 and Bikaner three since Elisa test began al five medical colleges and other centers in the state.
(MLA) Vishnu Modi, Rathore $aid the Elisa test facility for AIDS detection would be extended to remaining districts by March-end.
He assured that no blood transfusion would be done without Elisa test.
Article extracted from this publication >> March 18, 1994
