Archive of "Man with Aids related virus in hospital", The Straits Times, 21 July 1985

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Man with Aids related virus in hospital

By KONG BOOK CHIN

A MAN who was exposed to the Aida-related virus HTLV-IT1 has been admitted to Alexandra Hospital.

It is understood that he was admitted for severe depression.

A Health Ministry spokesman said yesterday that screening tests showed the man had the antibodies to the virus but he did not have Aids, acquired immune deficiency syndrome, or the symptoms.

Samples of his blood have been sent to the United States for tests and the ministry is awaiting the results.

The spokesman said the man, admitted last week, was not one of the three men identified earlier by the ministry as carriers of the virus.

He is also not the man who reportedly was suspected to have Kaposi s Sarcoma, a skin cancer which is a clinical manifestation of Aids.

The spokesman said that all necessary precautions to safeguard hospital and laboratory staff and patients from accidental infection had been taken.

These include the isolation of the patient in a room, proper disposal of medical supplies. wearing of gloves and a gown over the uniform, sterilisation of articles such as the gowns, and the wearing of masks.

=See also=
 * HIV/AIDS in Singapore
 * Archive of "Three in S’pore found with Aids-linked virus", The Straits Times, 10 April 1985
 * Archive of "Aids virus: Doctor who 'found it'", The Sunday Times, 14 April 1985
 * Archive of "Man with Aids related virus in hospital", The Straits Times, 21 July 1985
 * Archive of "Screening tests likely to uncover more Aids carriers", The Straits Times, 1 May 1986
 * Archive of "Special lab to do Aids tests soon", The Straits Times, 18 May 1985
 * Archive of "Aids claims first victim here", The Straits Times, 11 April 1987
 * Archive of "Fear of Aids pushes up condom sales", The Straits Times, 19 April 1987
 * Archive of "Govt dental clinics phasing out boiling", The Straits Times, 1 October 1987
 * HIV/AIDS in Singapore's LGBT community
 * Paddy Chew
 * Avin Tan
 * Ajmal Khan
 * Calvin Tan
 * Adrian Tyler

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This article was written by Roy Tan.