MAIL FROM
S. Dinesh Gopinath, I.A.S, Director of
Medical & Research Div,
Chennai.Dear Friends,
Kindly take a couple of minutes to go thru this mail.
If useful may advise others also . Please pass this on
to others This happened in Paris recently and may
happen elsewhere also. A few weeks ago, in a
movie theatre, a person felt something poking from her
seat. When she got up to see what it was, she found a
needle sticking out of the seat with a note attached
saying "You have just been infected by HIV". The
Disease Control Center (in Paris) reports many similar
events in many other cities recently. All tested
needles were HIV Positive. The Centeralso reports that
needles have been found in cash dispensers at public
banking machines.
We ask everyone to use extreme caution when faced with
this kind of situation. All public chairs/seats should
be inspected with vigilance and caution before use. A
careful visual inspection should be enough.
In addition, they ask that each of you pass this
message along to all members of your family and your
friends of the potential danger.
Recently, one doctor has narrated a somewhat similar
instance that happened to one of his patients at the
Priya Cinema in Delhi. A young girl, engaged and about
to be married in a couple of months, was pricked
while the movie was going on. The tag with the needle
had the message
"Welcome to the World of HIV family".
Though the doctors told her family
that it takes about 6 months before the virus grows
strong enough to start damaging the system and a
healthy victim could survive about 5-6 years, the girl
died in 4 months, perhaps more because of the "Shock
thought". We all have to be careful at public places,
rest God help! Just think about saving a life by
forwarding this message.
Please, take a few seconds of your time to pass along.
With Regards,
S. Dinesh Gopinath,
I.A.S, Director of Medical & Research Div, Chennai.
Rather than forwarding irrelevant mails, kindly pass
this to every one. Probably ur mail can help some save
his/her life.
I got a forwarded mail recently from a friend which read like this....
this is an OLD urban folklore to further increase ignorance against HIV/AIDS infected community. here are the details. http://urbanlegends.about.com/library/weekly/aa100798.htm
ReplyDeletebobmx2@yahoo.com.
ReplyDeleteI find this so strenge since the media has not reported anything of the kind no has the Police. so the Authenticity of the material in not yet checked. Also I know the HIV virus out of the body especially on such surfaces survives for only a limited time. Any one withmore conrete answers help me out