AIDS As Cause Of Death

Farrel — Thu, 23 Nov 2006 14:54:00 -0600

Despite being the underlying cause of thousands of death each year pathologists in South Africa are not currently permitted to specify AIDS as the cause of death, instead they have to write down the opportunistic infection (such as Tubercolosis) that deals the final blow.

However a disciplinary action currently taking place against a pathologist who did write down AIDS might change all that. Here’s a bit of a worrying quote though:

If Aids could be entered as the cause of death, South Africa would for the first time be able to measure the extent of mortality related to the disease.

For the first time?!? Shouldn’t the Dept of Health know that already?

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AIDS As Cause Of Death