One more HIV infected child died in Shymkent, the regional AIDS center press service informed the agency.
"On June 19, 2007 a two-year-old boy, the citizen of Shymkent, died in the regional infectious hospital with HIV infection diagnosis revealed in spring of 2007," the press secretary said having added that "the child arrived at hospital in a serious condition."
According to the press service, judicial medical examination established that the child had HIV infection of the third stage, bacterial infection, pneumonia, respiratory insufficiency of the third degree, complication of cardiac deficiency, lungs edema, brain edema, renal-hepatic deficiency and a number of other serious diseases.
As of today, there are 118 HIV positive children (nine died, one has been adopted and left abroad) and 14 HIV positive mothers in the South Kazakhstan.
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All children have been infected through blood transfusion and its components in hospitals of Southern Kazakhstan last year. The number of infected children increased every day. On September 20, 2006 South Kazakhstan akim (mayor) Bolat Zhylkyshiyev and Health Minister of Kazakhstan Yerbolat Dosayev have been dismissed by the decision of the Security Council. "At the Security Council session the estimation of the situation occurred in the South Kazakhstan connected with HIV infection of children has been given. South Kazakhstan akim (mayor) Bolat Zhylkyshiyev and Health Minister of Kazakhstan Yerbolat Dosayev have been dismissed for serious work omissions," the assistant to the Secretary of the Security Council Nurlan Abdirov informed at the briefing.
On October 9, 2006 the senior assistant to the General Public Prosecutor informed that 12 criminal cases are being investigated in South Kazakhstan oblast (SKO) in connection with mass HIV infection of children. "The criminal cases have been brought against the heads of medical establishments and department of public health services and the woman who sold blood in regional hospital," T. Aday said. Criminal cases have been brought against former director of department of public health services of South Kazakhstan Nursulu Tasmagambetova and her two assistants - Nagima Zholdasova and Rakhima Kuandykova. Also, criminal cases concerning former head physician of regional children's hospital Tashmukhan Toybekov, his assistant and two hospital department chairs have been brought. Criminal proceeding concerning former head physician of the regional blood center Shora Seydinov has been instituted.
New Minister of Health Anatoly Dernovoy, having visited about fifteen medical-prophylactic establishments in South-Kazakhstan oblast, remained extremely dissatisfied with the condition of hospitals and service in them.
"Surprising disgrace. Surprising indifference and irresponsibility," general conclusion of the Minister.
According to A. Dernovoy, as for public health services in Turkestan, it is difficult to guarantee safety of patients, not even speaking about rendering qualified medical aid." In children's hospital and in the maternity home there are no equipped chambers of intensive and reanimation therapies. " Patients are practically doomed to death. There are no medicines, there is no equipment," the Minister said.
"The reasons causing epidemics have remained. The facts of roughest infringement of sanitary-disinfection norms, non-observance of the hospital regime, absence of control over sterilization and the use of medical toolkit are continuing. All this can lead to repeated HIV-infection," the Minister concluded.
The verdict of HIV mass infection of the children of the South Kazakhstan oblast will be made public on July 11, 2007.
