Pakistanisches Krankenhaus im Zentrum des HIV-Ausbruchs bei Kindern wurde in einem BBC-Film dabei erwischt, wie es Spritzen wiederverwendete

Submission statement:

A BBC investigation has exposed shocking unsafe practices at THQ Taunsa Hospital in Punjab, Pakistan the same facility linked to a major HIV outbreak among children.

Between November 2024 and October 2025, **331 children tested positive for HIV in the Taunsa area, with over half the cases officially linked to “contaminated needles. Many of the affected kids had been treated at this government hospital.

Undercover filming by BBC Eye (32 hours in Nov–Dec 2025) caught staff:

– Reusing syringes on multi-dose vials (10 times observed)
– Drawing medicine from the same vial for multiple children (4 cases)
– Injecting patients without gloves (66 times)
– Leaving used syringes, open vials, and IV sets lying around
– Rummaging through medical waste without protection

This happened despite earlier warnings, a government “crackdown,” and a joint UNICEF/WHO inspection in April 2025 that already flagged unsafe injection practices.

Similar issues were reported at a hospital in Karachi, where another 84 children tested positive due to syringe reuse.

Doctors and experts say these practices are turning healthcare workers into vectors for disease. One affected 10-year-old girl told the BBC she now wants to become a doctor when she grows up.

Pakistan has seen repeated HIV outbreaks among children in recent years (including a major one in Ratodero in 2019), often tied to unnecessary injections, poor sterilization, medicine shortages, and weak infection control.

Local hospital authorities have denied the footage or downplayed the hospital’s role, while families are demanding accountability for the lifelong consequences their children now face.

The way governments in developing countries neglect and underfund healthcare in rural and low income areas is outrageous. Instead they rely on foreign aid and assistance to provide proper care for their citizens while the rich and officialdom enjoy private and high quality care.

I hope they are charged with mass murder. 

The stupid things people will do to save money…