PHNOM PENH, Cambodia — Dec 18, 2014,
Cambodia's prime minister has appealed to villagers in northwestern Cambodia not to lynch an unlicensed medical practitioner who they suspect caused more than 100 people to become infected with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.
Health Ministry official Teng Kunthy said Thursday that 106 people out of more than 800 tested in Battambang's Roka village were found to have the virus.
A joint statement from the ministry and the World Health Organization said some people who tested positive for the disease had earlier received care from the unlicensed medical practitioner. HIV spreads through the transmission of bodily fluids, such as through sexual contact or the reuse of contaminated syringes or needles.
A report in the Phnom Penh Post said the practitioner was taken into protective custody by police.
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