Statesman News Service
MALDA, June 22: An HIV/ AIDS infected couple gave birth to a male child, a month ago, at Sahapur village in Malda. The child is born with AIDS since his parents were infected.The incident has made not only the doctors but also Swami Divyananda, secretary of Malda Ramkrishna Mission, to express concern over rapidly increasing number of AIDS patients in north Bengal districts.Despite carrying on various awareness campaigns to prevent AIDS transmission, patients are still ignorant about the safeguards and are shy of combating the disease.It may be recalled that the couple was undergoing treatment in School of Tropical Medicine in Kolkata with the help of the Malda Ramkrishna Mission and the Malda district administration. The doctors had told them to control birth not to give birth to a child at this crucial stage but the couple ~ Raghunath Haldar (25) and Jyotsna Haldar (19) ~ did not follow the doctors’ advice. The mother and the new born are staying in Sahapur without proper treatment and her her husband, a fish vendor, is suffering from various diseases.The free pass issued to the couple for traveling to Kolkata for treatment by the Malda district magistrate has lapsed. The family was being ostracised when locals came to know that the couple has AIDS. The Malda Ramkrishna Mission took initiative to save their lives. Quoting the district magistrate of South Dinajpur, Swami Divyananda said: “Nearly 250 people have been identified living with AIDS in a small village near Patiram recently. The rate of HIV positive patients would be similar in Malda village, if we conduct a survey." #
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