HIV sufferers ‘must be treated’ (2)

The young man then faked his medical records to hide his condition and was finally operated on by a hospital in Tianjin on November 12.

The Tianjin Municipal Bureau of Public Health said that a preliminary investigation showed the Cancer Institute and its staff would be held accountable for refusing to treat the man, the Tianjin municipal government said on Thursday.

"The carrier's family informed the medical personnel of his HIV infection instantly after the operation," Li Hu, the North China regional manager of the China Alliance of People Living with HIV/AIDS, was quoted by Beijing News as saying.

The Tianjin Municipal Bureau of Public Health confirmed that no personnel had been infected or operation theater contaminated during the operation. The bureau also reaffirmed that patients should inform the doctors of their illness.