Archive of "New Filipino maid suspected of having Aids sent home", The Straits Times, 29 August 1989

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New Filipino maid suspected of having Aids sent home

By SERENA TOH

FILIPINO maid wnpfiicd of hav K the Airis virus w.i** sent homo slrrday junt om «ntk after she i ivtsl in Sind (|m, la ooredUrd by »th the Pftuttpptoa**' l)r*partment of *allh atwl lii'tuftnM'nl of I-ahour id Fmployntctif

Bui the same - eonmg tost, railed <♦ Klitt test door in a Singapore twite lalmniitt last titek. proved witive for the m«td aged 29 Sutaocpicntlv a serum) test, called e Western him confirmation test.

♦ S I fit OtM MISI\ • in Singapore. .1 imviri is i onsld isl to have the Aids vti is when ith tests are positive

First case involving maid

.Shi n asked why the* same t*«U%* rerning lest rould show different •nits, doctors explained th.lt this Mild in* due* to a ‘‘window period hen antibodies d*» not ap|irar in the A Ministry of Health spokesman ild yesterday this is the first cam* hen* \ maid has been found punt v%* for the Kltxu screening test A ministry sourc e* said fewer than 1 foreigners, inc luding three prosti iti*s, have tcated poiithe for Aids ru e the* first rase* was detec ted in in 19&

rh«a Health Ministry is together

Ith other ministries, still l<Mik)ng m 1 the issue of compulsory testing for llte maul was In ought hne on Aug I hy an employment agent y, T* Personnel Following company poll <y. Mr P K Tan. a consultant with the agency* sent her for Hepatitis, H and Alda testing the next day Meanwhile, she was sent to her employer. Madam S. H Tan 29 who has a two-year-old son But on Wednesday, the Filss test result was known It proved to hr positive Mr Tan then arranged fur the Western Blot test The maid had spent Tuesday night with the family She had slept in the same room aa Madam Tan s nieces aged three and five Madam Tan said yesterday she did not think her two nieces needed to he tested as then* was no close contact with the mud

She worked at Clark Air Base

A doctor, contacted hy The Mt sits Times said that there has laren no c .ises of Aids being transmitted from a victim to other members of 1 household The maid had previously worked far two years as a domestic help l.u a I'm ted States captains family at fJaik Air Base In the Philippine *

Mr Tan. who said his agenc > is om of the few which send their maid* for Aid* and Hepatitis B testing sakl I hope other compsnies will also start testing for these illnesses "The government should also make testing compulsory for maid agenr tes in the interest of families in Slngo poie

A Ministry of 1 .about spokesman s.t»d Hepatitis H and Aids test* .ire not inquired for a work permit t«« hr granted

At present, foreign workers g« through a medical examination whu h includes tests for tuber* ol<» u> venereal disease and pregnant y

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=References=
 * Serena Toh, "New Filipino maid suspected of having Aids sent home", The Straits Times, 29 August 1989[].

=Acknowledgements=

This article was archived by Roy Tan.