THE HIV infections detected around two SESSI-run hospitals in Karachi demand far more than another hurried committee and a seven-day report. Ten people have tested positive near the Landhi facility, while screening around Valika Hospital has identified 120 cases, including children. These figures do not by themselves prove hospital transmission; epidemiological links must be established carefully. Yet the detection of cases among particularly vulnerable patients, combined with concerns about reused syringes, poorly sterilised instruments, unsafe blood practices and mismanaged medical waste, makes an independent investigation indispensable. The Pakistan Medical........

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