Pakistan Children Contract HIV After Routine Hospital Care

Dozens of families in Pakistan say their children became infected with HIV after visiting a hospital for ordinary medical care.

At least six children have reportedly died.

The families blame workers at Kulsum Bai Valika Hospital in Karachi.

They say staff reused syringes and IV needles.

One mother, Aftab, says the same injections were given to several patients.

She says her children later tested positive for HIV.

A father, Syed Mehtab Shah, says he saw a nurse take a syringe from a trash can and use it again.

The account was reported by NPR, but the information provided does not include a response from the hospital.