compensation. The government has admitted that
a £10 million package is inadequate for the 100 people who were
infected through contaminated products. Of this 100, 64 have subsequently
died of Aids-related illnesses.
Italy OKs liver transplants
Italians with HIV can now receive liver transplants after the country's
National Transplant Centre overturned a ban. "The anachronistic barriers
that prevented HIV patients to access liver transplants have fallen,"
said Angelo Magrini of the Associazione Politrasfusi Italiani.
Condoms on trees in Australia
To encourage safer sex among isolated Aboriginal communities, Australian
health officials have come up with a novel idea - hanging condoms in trees.
The condoms dangle in canisters slung from wire hooks in the trees. Patrick
Davies, of the Kimberley Mountains Health Service, claims the scheme is
a big success: "When the programme began, no Aborigines were getting
condoms but now the valley's 3,500 people are using up to 3,000 condoms
a month."
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Mr Justice Rose, in the magazine 'General Practitioner'.
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