212 people have been found to be HIV positive in the Battambang Province of Cambodia after being treated by an unlicensed doctor, health authorities say.
Fake doctor infects 212 with HIV
55-year-old Yem Chrin has confessed to reusing needles and operating without a valid license in treating the villagers.
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55-year-old Yem Chrin has confessed to reusing needles and operating without a valid license in treating the villagers.
Chrin has since been charged with spreading the HIV virus to others, brutal murder and operating a medical service without a license.
The 212 infected villagers were discovered after officials tested a total of 1,940 people.
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Chrin’s negligence was discovered when children as young as two and elderly citizens as old as 80 tested positive for the disease.
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