In a Bashkir hospital, the blood of a patient with HIV got into the surgeon’s wound

The Blagoveshchensk interdistrict prosecutor's office conducted an investigation into information about violations of the labor rights of a surgeon at the central district hospital of Blagoveshchensk. Due to the lack of special clothing during the operation, the specialist’s wound was exposed to the blood of an HIV-infected patient, the department’s press service reports .

The prosecutor's office found that the surgical staff of the medical institution were not given medical suits, gowns, operating shirts and trousers for a long time, which reduced work safety.

“As a result of the hospital’s inaction during one of the operations, the blood of an HIV-infected patient came into contact with a damaged area of ​​the surgeon’s body,” the prosecutor’s office said.

The department initiated administrative cases against the medical institution and the deputy chief physician due to violations of labor protection requirements. Based on the results of the consideration of the case, they were fined.

A proposal was made to the head physician of the hospital to eliminate the violations and prevent them from happening in the future. Medical personnel were given the necessary sets of personal protective equipment.

As Komsomolskaya Pravda writes , citing sources in law enforcement agencies, the surgeon did not become infected.

Earlier, the head of the Ministry of Health, Veronika Skvortsova, said that 57% of all sources of HIV infection are through injection, “usually from heroin addicts or heroin analogues.” She also said that in ten Russian regions the situation with the spread of HIV is critical.

According to the Federal AIDS Center, by the end of 2015 the number of patients diagnosed with HIV in Russia exceeded one million. Only 230 thousand people received therapy in 2015, and the increase in new cases compared to 2014 was 8%. In July, the UN recognized Russia as the epicenter of the global HIV epidemic.

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