Suspected with HIV / AIDS Migrant Workers

TANJUNGPINANG - - Return from Malaysia problematic foreign workers through the Sri Bintanpura Tanjungpinang continues. Return last Thursday (13 / 8) , around as much as 156 foreign workers and consists of 119 men and 33 women and 4 children who were born when the foreign workers working in Malaysia.

As usual, the migrant workers who returned, back in a condition that is not healthy both physically and psychological. In fact, one of the women migrant workers, found that come in sick. By officers and social workers stated that foreign workers sick, that night in the refer to the Regional General Hospital because of suspected HIV / AIDS. Suspected disease when he was working in Malaysia. Whether, this patient's positive HIV / AIDS?

When this problem in the party to confirm the hospitals, the director of hospitals Husein Umar said, if there is a foreign workers who were referred to hospitals because it was found sick. But whether the patient is suffering from HIV / AIDS, government is not yet know. Because new patients are coming last night. To find out the results of the examination process is necessary.

"Information from which foreign workers are suffering from HIV / AIDS,'' said Husein said back.
Because according to him, because the patient is newly arrived in the evening Tanjungpinang and still in the process of inspection, the hospital itself is not yet know what the disease is suffered by migrant workers.

Husein explained, people with HIV / AIDS can not only see the condition of the patient from the outside, but must go through the examination of blood. 'Except for foreign workers is accompanied by the letter of introduction from the Malaysian medical team, but if we still have itupun perform inspections and to issue this letter of introduction is not yet know me or have not,' he said again.

However, Husein asserts, if there are no accurate results of the examination, the patient should not be declared overnight disease HIV / AIDS or other diseases that have not necessarily suffered by the patient.

It is said Husein, basically any disease that affects the patient, from the medical side is not justified to say that the disease affects a patient's treatment, whether patients with HIV / AIDS or other diseases that are usually experienced.

"Unless patients who want to own the disease dideritanya is another matter,''the light of Husein.

When asked, if the foreign workers who are indeed a positive HIV / AIDS, whether the patient is in need to refer to another hospital - the definitive Husein, said his side did not make the treated patients, including patients with HIV / AIDS. 'We will be treated, and if there are more patients were also HIV-positive should not be treated,' he explained.

However, Husein remind, that the patient's body in a positive HIV virus should be more attention to healthy lifestyles. And that, also reminds Husein, patients with HIV / AIDS patients should not ditakuti with mengahubi them. This is because the process of transmission of HIV / AIDS is not easy as the influenza virus can be contagious through the air.