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Original Post Date: 2004-03-04 Posted By: Jan
From the News Archives of: WWW.AfricanCrisis.Org
Date & Time Posted: 3/4/2004 4:51:22 AM
S.Africa: 68% rise in AIDS deaths to 457,000 in 2003
[No they wont. They will always “quibble” because they have to cover up the truth. Jan]
The increase in the number of deaths on the population register is an indictment of government’s handling of the Aids pandemic, the United Democratic Movement and Democratic Alliance said on Wednesday.
The Medical Research Council (MRC) has found the total number of deaths on the population register rose by 68% over the past six years, from 272 000 in 1998 to 457 000 in 2003.
UDM spokesperson on health Nonhlanhla Nkabinde said the figures are a further embarrassment to a government that continues to “quibble” about the statistics.
President Thabo Mbeki said recently South Africa does not have the statistics to show how many people are dying of Aids.
Nkabinde said it is for this reason the UDM wants the disease to be made notifiable — “… so that the bickering about statistics can come to an end and everybody can focus on saving lives and providing treatment”.
Presidential spokesperson Bheki Khumalo would not be drawn on the issue but stressed that the government is very committed to the fight against Aids.
“South Africa will spend R12-billion on Aids in the next three years. We have the best plan on the continent. Government is very committed to the fight against Aids.”
DA spokesperson Mike Waters said no amount of “evasion” on Mbeki’s part will change the facts.
Waters also expressed alarm at a study, published in the latest South African Medical Journal, that found that 14 children contracted HIV while being treated in hospitals.
The children were treated at eight Western Cape hospitals — including Tygerberg and the Red Cross Children’s hospital — before diagnosis. Two of them were treated at private hospitals in KwaZulu-Natal and in the Eastern Cape.
Waters said Mbeki should launch an investigation into how children become infected with HIV while in state hospitals.
“If evidence of negligence is found, disciplinary action must be taken against those responsible.”
The Health Ministry should ensure adequate sterilisation standards and procedures are implemented at all hospitals and clinics.
“This terrible tragedy is yet another consequence of the devil-may-care attitude to the HIV/Aids pandemic displayed by President Thabo Mbeki, Health Minister Manto Tshabalala-Msimang and the ANC [African National Congress] government,” Water said. — Sapa
Source: Daily Mail & Guardian
URL: http://www.mg.co.za/Content/l3.asp?ao=32129br>