Pakistan Court Orders Probe Into HIV Outbreak At Karachi Hospital After 6 Children Dead, 94 Infected

The
Si dh
High
Cou t
has
o de ed
a
i depe de t
a d
impa tial
i vestigatio
i to
the
sp ead
of
HIV
amo g
child e
at
a
hospital
i
Pakista ‘s
Ka achi,
whe e
six
child e
have
died
a d
94
have
bee
co fi med
to
have
the
i fectio .

The
cou t
has
also
di ected
autho ities
to
e su e
lo g-te m
medical
t eatme t
fo
affected
child e
a d
p ovide
them
with
app op iate
compe satio .

Alo g
with
o de i g
the
i qui y,
the
High
Cou t
di ected
that
child e
affected
by
the
i fectio
eceive
lo g-te m
medical
ca e
a d
app op iate
compe satio .

The
i vestigatio
will
exami e
the
ci cumsta ces
i
which
the
i fectio
sp ead
at
the
hospital
a d
ide tify
the
systems
a d
safety
measu es
i volved.

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Sha if
Issues
F esh
Wa i g
To
I dia
Ove
I dus
Wate s
T eaty:
‘Eve y
D op
Is
A
Red
Li e’

Case
Came
to
Light
i
Novembe
2025

The
matte
fi st
eme ged
i
Novembe
2025,
followi g
which
the
Si dh
health
depa tme t
bega
co ducti g
HIV
tests
at
Kulsum
Bai
Valika
Hospital
i
Ka achi’s
i dust ial
a ea
a d
i
ea by
localities.

The
hospital
is
u
u de
the
Si dh
Employees
Social
Secu ity
I stitutio
(SESSI).

Du i g
the
i vestigatio ,
six
child e
died
at
the
hospital
a d
94
we e
fou d
to
be
HIV-positive.
Testi g
i
a eas
su ou di g
the
hospital
also
detected
the
i fectio
i
a ou d
120
othe
people.

Petitio
Claims
Highe
Numbe
of
I fectio s

Advocate
Ta iq
Ma soo
app oached
the
Si dh
High
Cou t
with
a
petitio
i
May,
claimi g
that
the
actual
umbe
of
i fected
child e
could
be
close
to
200.

Howeve ,
the
p ecise
umbe
of
people
i fected
a d
the
ci cumsta ces
behi d
the
sp ead
of
HIV
have
ot
yet
bee
established,
acco di g
to
the
i fo matio
p ese ted
befo e
the
cou t.

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PoK
P oteste s
A ou ce
Civil
Disobedie ce
F om
Aug
14,
Call
Fo
Tax
A d
Utility
Bill
Boycott

Cou t
Seeks
A swe s
O
I fectio
Co t ol

A
two-membe
be ch
of
the
Si dh
High
Cou t
o
Thu sday
di ected
the
p ovi cial
chief
sec eta y
to
a a ge
a
i depe de t
fact-fi di g
i qui y
i to
the
matte .

The
be ch
obse ved
that
the
i vestigatio s
co ducted
by
the
health
depa tme t
a d
the
epo ts
submitted
so
fa
had
failed
to
p ovide
clea
a swe s
to
seve al
key
issues.

These
i clude
the
actual
umbe
of
people
i fected,
how
the
i fectio
sp ead,
whethe
equi ed
i fectio -co t ol
p ocedu es
we e
followed
at
the
hospital
a d
whethe
egulatio s
gove i g
the
use
of
disposable
sy i ges
we e
complied
with.

The
cou t
also
oted
that
the
epo ts
had
ot
adequately
established
the
supe viso y
ole
a d
i dividual
espo sibility
of
the
officials
co ce ed.

It
said
a
i depe de t
i qui y
was
equi ed
to
p ese ve
public
co fide ce
a d
e su e
a
impa tial
exami atio
of
the
matte .
The
p ocess,
the
cou t
said,
should
p oceed
without
eachi g
a
p io
co clusio
about
the
guilt
o
i oce ce
of
a y
i dividual.

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